Richarlison takes swipe at boss and says season has been 's***

RICHARLISON has described Tottenham’s season as “s***” and taken a pop at head coach Antonio Conte, saying he was told he would start last night’s Champions League game against AC Milan and that he “cannot understand” his treatment by the Italian.

- Dan Kilpatrick

The Brazilian was brought on in the 70th minute, as Spurs crashed out of a second cup competition in the space of a week after being held to a 0-0 draw by Milan in north London. The Serie A champions progressed to the quarter-finals with a 1-0 win on aggregate.

Richarlison (below), a £60million summer signing from Everton, started Spurs’s League wins over Chelsea and West Ham, and the FA Cup defeat at Sheffield United, before returning to the bench for Saturday’s defeat at Wolves.

He says he was given no explanation for his lack of minutes at Molineux and was told by coaching staff he would start against Milan, only to find himself behind out-of-form Heung-min Son and Dejan Kulusevski again.

“I didn’t understand... I was playing well, we won against Chelsea and West Ham and suddenly I was on the bench,” Richarlison said. “I played five minutes against Wolves, asked the reason and no one told me why.