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title: "Everton: Richarlison to Barcelona transfer rumours mystify Tony Cascarino following £85m bid"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Stephan Georgiou"
section: "Everton"
published: "2020-01-31T13:30:58Z"
modified: "2020-01-31T13:30:58Z"
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# Everton: Richarlison to Barcelona transfer rumours mystify Tony Cascarino following £85m bid

**TalkSPORT pundit and former footballer Tony Cascarino is not buying into reports that Barcelona have had a bid worth £85m rejected for Everton forward Richarlison.**

According to [Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11671/11921012/richarlison-everton-reject-barcelonas-85m-offer), the La Liga giants tabled a bid of around €100m to land the Brazilian, with the Catalan club looking to find a replacement for long-term injury absentee Luis Suarez.

Richarlison joined Everton for around [£50m](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44946473) from Watford in 2018, while he signed a [new contract](https://www.evertonfc.com/news/1513894/richarlison-signs-new-everton-deal) at Goodison Park only last month. Speaking on [TalkSPORT](https://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1222789040468037632), Cascarino – along with co-host Alan Brazil – had difficulty in processing such an approach from the five-time European champions.

Offering his thoughts on whether he believed the reports, Cascarino said: “No, especially if you look at transfers over the last few seasons, we had the \[Philippe\] Coutinho and Neymar deals, I don’t see anyone going even close to £85m, and Everton are not turning it down. He’s a very good player, but I don’t see Barcelona, who have spent hugely, \[with\] the money that they’ve spent in recent years – they can suddenly come up with another £85m? I just don’t see it.”

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A sale of that sum would eclipse the £76.2m Everton received (as per [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-everton/rekordabgaenge/verein/29)) for striker Romelu Lukaku in 2017 – which would arguably make the Toffees’ decision to turn down such a sizeable approach (and deny their striker a move to Barcelona) quite a significant call.

However, it could be argued that Cascarino’s justification is somewhat contradictory, especially given that Richarlison has already moved for £50m, while his new contract may suggest he is worth a great deal more now – to Everton, at least. Meanwhile, with the likes of [Coutinho](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42580173) and [Neymar](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40762417) moving for £142m and £200m respectively in recent seasons, perhaps £85m for Richarlison is a pretty measly sum in comparison.

Therefore, while Cascarino may rightly be surprised to see Everton turn down such a substantial bid, to see a transfer of that size happen may not be so surprising in the current climate based on the examples he provided himself.

***Everton fans, are the club likely to get much more than £85m on Richarlison? Share your thoughts below!***