Silva responds to Watford player’s Arsenal, Spurs links

Matt Stead

Marco Silva is not surprised about the growing interest in Richarlison following the Brazilian’s promising start to his Watford career.

The 20-year-old, who arrived at the club from Fluminense for £13million shortly after Silva’s appointment as manager in August, is a reported transfer target for bot Tottenham and Arsenal.

In 12 appearances so far he has scored four goals as part of a new-look team in which the long-serving Troy Deeney has become peripheral, and asked of the attention he is attracting, Silva responded: “It’s not a surprise if these clubs come to see him.

“It’s not really a surprise. He’s had a fantastic impact at our club and on the Premier League. It’s a normal situation that everyone’s starting to talk about him, but most important is that he keeps going, to improve.

“He’s a player with a lot of quality so it’s normal if everybody starts to pay attention to him.

“He’s a different type to the normal Brazilian player; for what we wanted for our team he’s the player with the (right) skills.

“We are talking about a fantastic talent, a very, very good player. I’m sure in the future he’ll achieve everything he can.”