Richarlison meets Everton fan who dislocated elbow celebrating goal at Wolves

Updated: 07 Dec, 2024 • • min read

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Having already won over the Everton fans following a stunning debut, Richarlison has endeared himself still further to the Evertonians by visiting a fan who was injured in the celebrations.

Richarlison arrived at Goodison Park this summer in a £40 million deal from Watford and hit the ground running with a brace in Everton's 2-2 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers last weekend.

However, the Brazilian's brilliance sent the travelling fans into a state of euphoria with one particular supporter injuring himself.

Everton fan Neil Harrison had his right elbow popped out of its socket when a supporter from the row behind fell on top of him.

He was forced to leave the ground to get medical attention and later posted a further update from hospital after having his left arm put in plaster.

Look what you’ve done to me @richarlison97 pic.twitter.com/fMR8lfAt7U
— Neil Harrison (@NeilHarrison92) August 11, 2018

En route home now in plaster, up the toffees ✌🏻 pic.twitter.com/MJEVwbVFud
— Neil Harrison (@NeilHarrison92) August 11, 2018

Everton became aware of the incident via social media and invited the diehard Evertonian to the club's training base where he met none other than Richarlison himself.

🤕 | When you dislocate your elbow in the away end celebrating a @richarlison97 goal...

Hope this helps with the recovery, @neilharrison92! 😅 pic.twitter.com/6fDRza0Zk5
— Everton (@Everton) August 14, 2018

Richarlison posed for pictures with Neil on Tuesday afternoon, signed a shirt for him and even wrote a special message on his plaster cast.

Worth every single penny @richarlison97 pic.twitter.com/sgIoSHHjqt
— Neil Harrison (@NeilHarrison92) August 14, 2018

A delighted Neil told evertonfc.com:

It was great to come here to Finch Farm and meet Richarlison today. I joked on Instagram the other day saying, "Will you sign my cast?", and now he's signed it! And I got my shirt signed as well so happy days!

He was very friendly, he had a big smile on his face. Hopefully he'll score a lot more goals for us, we're going to love him here, definitely.

The 21-year-old Richarlison is already making an impression with Toffees fans after giving a young Everton fan his match-worn shirt and a heartwarming hug at Molineux.