Former Everton midfielder Tom Cleverley has admitted he was unsure that Richarlison would go to the very top.
The Brazilian attacker is having an excellent moment at the World Cup, having scored twice in his team's opening group stage game against Serbia.
Richarlison is the starting striker for coach Tite at the World Cup, having impressed so far at Tottenham after moving from Everton in the summer.
“If someone had said to me five years ago, 'Would you see him [Richarlison] playing in the Qatar World Cup and setting it alight?' I would probably say, 'That's a meteoric rise?!', said Watford midfielder Cleverley, per the Liverpool Echo.
“The one thing he did have was a massive drive to be in between the box and score goals. I will never forget his first session obviously everyone knew nothing about him.
“We did a finishing drill and I remember thinking he could really bang it with both feet. He was putting experienced defenders in the net with him with headers and everyone was looking at each other thinking this lad doesn't mind a challenge. “Those were the two things that stood out from his first session,"
