Roberto De Zerbi snubs Richarlison for Carabao Cup clash with Liverpool amid Tottenham dispute

Roberto De Zerbi has decided against selecting Richarlison for Tottenham’s Carabao Cup tie at Liverpool on Tuesday. The attacker was left off Tottenham's 25-man Premier League list earlier this month after being told he was not in the club's plans, but remains eligible for domestic cups despite failing to leave. However, De Zerbi confirmed the ex-Everton forward will not play, despite rejecting a Friday move to Vasco da Gama and holding a strong record of four goals in seven games against Liverpool for Spurs , who remain goalless in the league. "Richarlison, you already know everything and nothing change for Carabao Cup or Premier League. The situation is the same," De Zerbi said. Richarlison will not feature against Liverpool on Tuesday (PA Wire) "I stay in the middle and I can’t say nothing more because it is not my job. I can answer about the result and the players in the squad, the offensive phase, the defensive phase, but not for other things. "What I have done at the beginning of this season has been to speak with him and to propose an extension of the contract. If he said, ‘no thank you,’ I finished my job. "I said last press conference. I know what happened in the last 45 days. It’s not right if I explained. It’s not my behaviour. The relationship, the problem is between the player and the club. "I stay within the club. It’s coach and club together. At the start of this season I spoke to him many times to convince him to stay and he didn’t want to. I can’t go every day to pray for him to stay." This represents the latest development in an unwanted situation for Tottenham, De Zerbi and Richarlison. Richarlison started the opening league game against Brentford before being told he could leave. A move to Everton collapsed and interest from Trabzonspor failed to materialise. After failing to agree personal terms with boyhood club Vasco on Friday, he attended Spurs' goalless draw against Everton, but stays on the sidelines, and was reportedly trying to explore whether the final nine months of his contract at Spurs could be terminated last week. De Zerbi will also be missing Pedro Porro and Sandro Tonali at Anfield. De Zerbi is not planning to make wholesale changes against Liverpool (PA Wire) After drawing 0-0 at Everton, De Zerbi discussed using "other players" at Liverpool, but hinted against wholesale changes. De Zerbi added: "No, the other players, I think Lucas Bergvall is not ‘other player’, Mathys Tel also and then we have to analyse the other players. "Maybe the players who didn’t play enough but I already said I am lucky because for centre back for example we have JP van Hecke and (Micky) van de Ven, two top players, but (Marcos) Senesi, Ben Davies, Tosin (Adarabioyo) are not less than Van de Ven and Van Hecke. "I would like to go far in the Carabao and FA Cup."