Pedro Porro was another, having been described by Frank last season as having “Trent-ish offensive qualities”.Few, though, placed Richarlison on that list. The 28-year-old made just four Premier League starts last term and scored five goals in all competitions.

Richarlison has scored nine goals in his past nine starts for Tottenham, suggesting his has the potential to be a consistent threat

Tottenham players including James Maddison was among those to react to Richarlison's message after Tottenham demolish Burnley.

Previous Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou never came right out and said it, but it felt like he never fully believed he could rely on Richarlison to be the focal point of his attack.

Tottenham made a winning start to their Premier League campaign with a one-sided victory over newly-promoted Burnley. The north Londoners had Richarlison to thank with the Brazilian scoring two fine goals to get them up and running. Brennan Johnson added a third in the second half to make sure of the points and wrap up a routine victory.

Thomas Frank’s men stormed to an early lead, with new signing Mohammed Kudus assisting Richarlison for his first. Lightning then struck twice when the pair linked up once more for a strike which could already be up for goal of the season.

Thomas Frank has shared his strategy to maintain Richarlison’s fitness following the forward’s brace in Tottenham’s 3-0 win over Burnley.

Richarlison, who had already scored the first goal of the match on Saturday when he struck in the 10th minute before pulling out the outrageous skill to double Spurs' lead in the 60th minute.