Tottenham get ready to get interesting with Richarlison and are Manchester United about to do something? - The Warm-Up

THURSDAY'S BIG STORIES Conte Closes In Ad/> Sometimes a transfer just seems like a good idea. If the word on the internet is to be believed, Tottenham are this close to picking up Richarlison from Everton. And there's something about the move that just makes sense.

TransfersBarca attempt to hijack Chelsea’s move for Raphinha with late cash injection – Paper Round10 HOURS AGO Of course, pretending to know how transfers will work out is a game of opinions, and all of those opinions are based on more or less nothing. On vibes. On energy.

On making up stories to pass the time. Still, we're feeling positive about the work that Richarlison can do at Spurs. Or, more specifically, the work he can do with Antonio Conte.

Do you see a similarity there? Not in appearance: Richarlison's haircut looks nothing like either of Conte's. But there's a shared sense of coiled tension about their work. You watch them and you know that either of them could, at any second, simply charge off into the distance and scream at somebody, or leap into their arms, or fall flat on their own face.

This is something that Tottenham need more of. Not the face-falling bit. But while the partnership of Heung-min Son and Harry Kane is unbeatable as far as quality goes, and Dejan Kulusevski has been an excellent foil for them both, throwing another more chaotic option in there as well makes Tottenham much more intriguing.

Conte's teams are well-drilled and well-organised, with attacking patterns hammered into them on the training ground, but at their best they shimmer and shiver within those structures. Think Eden Hazard drifting for Chelsea, or Lautaro Martínez dancing at Inter. And nobody in the Premier League vibrates at a higher frequency than Richarlison.