The key point: the players’ desire to leave was revealed, but no releases are confirmed
Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi said after the Newcastle United match on August 29, 2026, that Richarlison, Kevin Danso, and Pape Matar Sarr want to leave Tottenham. Official Premier League materials record that De Zerbi became Tottenham manager around the end of the 2025/26 season.
What has been confirmed so far is the manager’s statement that the three players want a transfer; no completed moves have been confirmed.
The situations of the three players, according to De Zerbi
According to De Zerbi, Richarlison has expressed his desire to leave several times, while Kevin Danso told the manager two days before the match that he wanted a transfer. Pape Matar Sarr expressed the same wish.
Pape Matar Sarr missed the Newcastle match because of a minor injury at the time, but De Zerbi said that he was close to returning to training. Therefore, Sarr’s absence from the match and his desire to leave should be treated as separate matters.
Conditions Tottenham must confirm first
De Zerbi said, in essence, that if the players want to leave, they must present the club with an economic solution, after which Tottenham would look for replacements. This does not mean that Tottenham has already released the players or completed replacement signings.
The points to monitor are:
- Whether Richarlison, Danso, and Sarr’s desire to leave has been publicly confirmed
- The economic solution and actual offers to be presented to the club
- Whether an official transfer announcement is made before the transfer window closes
- When Sarr returns to training
No official transfer announcement from Tottenham has been confirmed so far. Any possibility of a transfer for Sarr mentioned in related reports should also be distinguished from a completed contract.