Richarlison: “On the day that the guy pointed the gun at my head, he thought I was a drug dealer”

Richarlison Everton

Richarlison stares blankly at the miniature pool table waiting at his feet. “Can you pot one of the balls?” asks FourFourTwo’s English photographer. The Watford forward turns to a Brazilian member of the crew for an explanation in his native tongue.

Clarification doesn’t cure the look of bemusement, but, undeterred, he collapses his gangly 5ft 11in frame like a Transformer experiencing a mechanical malfunction, elbows and knees akimbo as he lines up his shot. As FFT’s photographer crouches into position, Richarlison’s agent, his agent’s wife and a family friend hang over the back of a sofa at his Hertfordshire home, each poised to capture the moment on camera phones.

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