When Richarlison signed his first sponsorship deal with Nike, he did not celebrate or lord it over his team-mates.
No, he went back to his dorm room, stuffed his old clothes into a suitcase, then went into town and handed them out to homeless people.
This is just one of the stories I heard from those who know Richarlison best. "He’s just spectacular," one of his former coaches said. "The kind of person who seems to have been designed differently by the big guy up in the sky. I get emotional just talking about him.”
Read the rest of this piece, about the giant heart behind Richarlison's scowl, on The Athletic.
