 Hello there ladies and gentlemen and welcome back to another episode of Toffee TV USA. My name is James Boyman joined as always by my co-host Ryan Williams. On today's episode, we just finished a massive recording for the American Toffee podcast talking about Everton's annual general meeting and some of the high level takeaways from there. But in this episode of Toffee TV USA, we wanted to talk about the January window and what business Everton may or may not conduct throughout the rest of the month. And I think it's a really interesting question given Marcel Brands' statement at said AGM where he said, quote unquote, we don't expect to sign new players during this window. It's really interesting use of words and leaves himself, I think, a little bit of wiggle room, Ryan. But what did you make of that statement by Marcel? Well, to put it in context and we've got to give props to our, you know, Patty Boylan and Greg O'Keefe from the Athletic. They put forth the very good article that gave a little bit more context behind that quote. It sounds like at the AGM Brands' backtracked a little bit saying you'd still monitor the window, which I think is a good idea. That's wise. So, you know, you say something like that, it kind of sounded very absolute. I don't think that was the intent behind it. But either way, you know, I don't want to steal the contents of the article talked a lot about still trimming down the squad. And it's true, it's still too big, especially in certain positions. But, you know, we did a very large American Toffee podcast episode about the January window leading up to it. And one of the things we talked about is Marcel Brands' transfer business, his history in which he almost always did business in January buys. I think there may be two windows out of like almost 20 at, you know, the two previous Dutch clubs as well as Everton where he did not buy a player. Now it may not have been massive. And one thing, you know, for sure he's going to do is move people out. We're still in that situation. So, sure enough, almost right off the bat, almost like walked out of the meeting and signed the paper. I don't know. And what we're going to do this episode is we're going to go through some of the moves that have been made. A couple have been made and some of the rumors out there on certain players on Alts and Inns and we'll go through them do some analysis. And we've done a lot of work. We watch these players pretty intensely. I certainly do. And we'll get into it a little bit and hopefully our audience will appreciate some of the analysis. And we'll talk about how the likelihood of some of these things happening because it is silly season right now. But this one appears to have actually happened. Considering we've seen Jared Brantweth already play a decent match as well for Blackburn Rovers. So Patrick Boylan, I don't know if he broke it, but I'll quote him. He's joined Blackburn on loan until the end of the season. He's likely to go straight into the Rovers squad for the game against Stoke at the weekend. And sure enough, he did. They didn't necessarily perform well by all accounts. He did. Allen Myers, again, friend of the program. We love Allen. Allen has a quote from Jared himself. I've been pushing to get this done to have the opportunity to come to such a good club and play football. It's something I can't wait to do now for a guy that did get some chances in the first team last year, but really a straight from, in essence, the fourth division of English football. This should be a challenge for him. And I'm excited to see how well he did. I'm not surprised he went straight into the 11th for context. Blackburn or 11th in the championship, at least before the match at 33 points. They were not too far out of, you know, the top slots. I mean, ultimately, numbers three through six, get into the promotion playoff. And they're pretty far from bottom. So I don't see that being as an issue. But my God, they have some injuries. So it seems like really a big opportunity for him. Yeah. And it was clear, given the resurgence of, of Yermina and Michael Keen, the season that, you know, the reason Branthwaith was able to debut in the squad last season was simply just a lack of numbers, like a depth injuries. And so falling down the pecking order through no fault of his own, he was never really planned to be one for right now for Everton. It was always one for the future. And this is the step that will hopefully give him a platform to develop, get some consistent playing time at a higher level than he's accustomed to. And clearly everyone really rates him. He's a, he's a highly rated prospect. He showed a lot of potential. And honestly, I mean, if he had gotten to a situation where he had to play for Everton this season, it may not have been the worst thing in the world. But given where we are in the table, I think it's prudent for everyone involved to get him a quality loan. And I think he did just Marcel and Branthwaith's agent. They did just that, getting him to Blackburn. I think it'll be a good platform, not in a relegation scrap, not necessarily fighting for promotion, but a place where he can play regularly and contribute to the team and further develop. Yeah, we'll see how it goes. It's definitely not a Lewis Gibson situation where he brought in a player where they already have a key player at that position. Yeah. He's going to play that left side at center back alongside Dara Lenahan, I think. They have long-term injuries out to Scott Wharton, who was coming in, but Derek Williams, who was their starter at left center back and is a good player, he's out. Daniel, Alaya, who is from Middlesbrough. I watched him a lot actually last year, coincidentally. He's a good player too, he's out. He just went down in the Huddersfield match in late December with a hamstring issue, and he's not the swiftest guy to begin with. They have some other Alts as well too. It's a perfect opportunity for him to step up and do well. By all accounts, he did do well. So that is exciting. I agree, this is a good situation. And we do have another out too. It's worth mentioning that Matthew Pennington. Last year of his contract, of course, I know playing with U23s, you think he'd be young? Sure enough, he is not. But it looks like he's signed on loan to Shrewsbury Town FC for the rest of the year. And that'll take him to the end of his contract. And then he will be gone. I'm sure they're not going to pay much of his wages. I don't think they were all that small to begin with, but it's time for Matthew to move on and find opportunities. So he was never really going to sniff the first team. So having him sit in U23s and taking space from someone else didn't make a lot of sense, but he clearly was in there to be showcased. Yeah, it's just been a long road for Matthew Pennington. At Everton, a youth player who now is a full grown man. I mean, there was some promise there for a while though. You know, I mean, you really thought like he might move a couple of his loans just didn't quite go the way you thought, but it is what it is. It is what it is in all the best to him in the future, but clearly has no future whatsoever at Everton. And so get him a move, see out the contract and wish him all the best, but probably good to get him out of the squad and get some younger guys the opportunity to actually play those games and make them more meaningful. No question. And then the real question is, will we see any other outs? So there's a lot of scuttlebud out there as there always is, like we said, silly season. So it's probably worth going through some of these. I think one of the first and foremost names on the list is none other than Janktosen. I've seen nothing really credible or anything that I looked at that said, oh man, that's going to happen. He has been linked to Crystal Palace, of course, who was interested before he got injured. And again, as we've talked about in the past, if he doesn't get injured by all accounts, it sounds like they were going to exercise an option to buy him for 20 million pounds. And keep in mind, this is a guy that is well thought of. He has a big following on social media. He is the top choice number nine for Turkey, which is a good Euro side with lots of good young players. He's viewed as a leader. So he does have some value. So I know a lot of people are writing him off, but I don't think that's the right thing. I don't know if he qualifies for homegrown in Germany. He was born in Germany. They have a huge Turkish population anyway. He's attracted to some clubs there. So he's linked to West Brom, obviously rejoining the man whose name we will not utter. Hurth of Berlin, Schalke, I'm thinking, the Siktas is interested as well too, which makes sense. I can see him moving out. It'll be very interesting how that structure will work. If he moves out, we've got to be looking at another striker. James, any of these things you think have legs, or are we going to have to wait till the end of the window on this one? This is going to be an interesting one for Cenk. With Dominic Cover, Lewin out. I mean, obviously the depth of striker has been a problem for us. And can you afford to let him go without anyone else coming in? You could obviously flex for Charleston over to the striker role, but then you bring in someone else on the wing. It's iffy for me. I mean, if we can get good money for him, I think it's kind of a no-brainer because I think the consensus now is that he... I don't think he's a bad player by any stretch and you can certainly, you can find his feet somewhere, but he's not going to get the game time. He's at an age where he is going to want to play as much as possible and in the twilight of his career, maybe not quite there yet, but obviously not getting any younger, to say the least. And I think, honestly, like Sam Allard has redacted, redact that name, I said it. He said the name. The West Brom manager has previously, see of course brought him to Everton in his fabled time here. I think that could honestly make sense. I think they may need a little more. He's got to win this weekend, helping them in their relegation fight, but they could use some more reinforcements up front. I mean, they're not a good overall side. So I could see him looking and leveraging his position as new manager to make a move for him. And Germany, again, would make sense. Any number of clubs would take him and he can contribute there. But I think at this point, it's just what fee... What are we asking for him? What do we perceive his value to be coming off that long-term injury? Is he really the same player? And if he's out the door, I don't think anyone's going to be too upset. That's just not a great fit. I mean, he's kind of a tweener. He's not a target guy. Never has been. He's more kind of a poacher and isn't blessed with tremendous athleticism. I mean, you see the class in his finish, you know, obviously against the last match and things. So he's got some things to offer, but maybe not in the Premier League and not for club with our aspirations, I don't think. No. I think one of the other moves that's very interesting, which I'm sure tried to happen, at least in the summer, Marcel Brands probably was trying to move John Jo Kenney. And that's a tough one too. You know, he's a local lad and I think we all want to see those guys do well, but I just don't know if he has the physical characteristics to be the guy at right back for a team that really wants to push for Europe. It sounds like there's some talk about a permanent. So we've got a couple of links here too. Welts and I'm using toffee targets, by the way, and Christian deserves credit. He compiles these really well and puts them out. So check out toffee targets if you really want to get relatively up-to-date kind of rumors and transfers and stuff. He brings it in from different sources. Schalke is interested in bringing him back, possibly on a loan. But if someone like Kabak, their center back goes back or they have a couple of big sales, you never know. I mean, they don't really have a legitimate right back, a traditional one. And I think the biggest one right now, the most recent one is Burnley looking at maybe a permanent move for him, which would be interesting. You know, I mean, he can hurt you from deep. He's a good crosser of the ball. Football Insider said seven million pounds would do it. I could see that. I mean, maybe in the summer, Marcel wanted more, but you know, it is the way it is. And he's young and promising. He's not terrible. He has some good traits, but maybe he's not a good fit for us. This one may have legs, but I still would be a little surprised if he went on a permanent in the winter, but it would free up possibly a chance for us to move in another right back, but he's really not playing right now. Right. He's not playing. And he doesn't, given the fact that are starting right back. I mean, even Sheamus Coleman now isn't playing instead of, you know, Mason Holgate out there. So you have to think John Joe Kenny is even further down the pecking order. He's gotten a couple late, late cameos where he's come on and done okay. But it's, I think it's pretty clear that Carlo doesn't quite rate him. And it's unfortunate because, you know, anytime you have a local young player coming through the ranks, you want them to succeed just for the, I think it gives a really good feel, good factor to everyone around the club, but it obviously coming through the England use system and Everton's use system. He was really highly thought of, but he's sort of just stagnated. I guess is the best way to put it. And I still think he can have a successful career, but I think doing him moving away from Everton is probably in the best interest of everyone involved at this point, whether or not that actually happens in January. I think that is still very much up in the air. Schalke has been, you know, Burnley is an interesting one because that's new. Schalke has been, they've had sustained interest in him. We know they wanted him in the summer. Burnley could make sense. You know, John Joe is maybe not the most defensively sound player, but maybe in a more conservative role in Shondai society could be a valuable death player for them and contribute. So I would like to see him stay in the Premier League just to see if he can actually kick on and succeed with another club. But again, I just don't think it's going to be with Everton. And no complaints about his effort. It's always there. Oh, yeah. And, you know, you wish him the best either way. So, all right, Jonas Laussel. There's some interesting links here. He's in the same contract situation as Jank. He's got a year and a half. And so he's been linked to a couple of different clubs. Inter-Miami MLS club has been linked a couple of different times. Marseille is another one. You know, for me and you, you know, we know MLS pretty well. Certainly it's part of what I do outside of the pod. Gotta know my MLS. So Inter-Miami is an interesting one. Luis Robles, their big keeper is retiring. He was their big first kind of major signing at Inter-Miami, which is a new club this past year. That would make a lot of sense. They need a keeper for sure. And Marseille is another one. Apparently Steve Mandanda, who has had an amazing year this year, he's their first choice keeper. I mean, his numbers are crazy this year. He's plus 1.9 in terms of expected goals versus actual goals conceded makes him sixth in the league. A safe percentage is over 73%. Puts an eighth. That's out of 22 keepers. That's a pretty good season for him. He went down against PSG in the Trophy des Champions. I don't speak French. That's fake. Thank you. Yeah, you've got me on that one for sure. But he went down and I don't know how serious it is. There were some indication that it might be. I don't know if they have the faith in the back keeper and Russell has been a starter in the past. So that's not a crazy idea. Surely we don't have a lot of space for him now. We already have too many keepers in jail. Virginia can fill that third keeper role. No problem. Yeah, no problem. I mean, Los is a weird one because I people were kind of excited that when he first came in that he provided that much needed competition for Pickford. And it just, it seemed like he never got remotely close to challenging him for that starting spot. So it seems like Robin Olson in some ways is Jonas. Losal 2.0 coming in and providing that much needed competition, but you don't need three keepers. The first team primarily side. So, and if you do have a third one, a guy like Javarginia, a younger kid who can come in and gain some experience is probably much more valuable. So it's unfortunate because I think Losal did all right when he was with Huddersfield and there's a reason we signed him in the first place, but he hasn't shown anything since that would make me think he's worth keeping around. Olson puts more pressure on Pickford to and is more of kind of the guy that you would want behind him. I mean, Pick is a little erratic at times. He can have some spectacular plays and Olson is Olson will make mistakes too. That's his known, but I mean, he's, he's, you know, polished international player. It's more senior and stuff and just carries with him a different kind of reputation. I think we always have in the back of our pocket to, to buy him outright if we want to take advantage of the two loans because he's one of the two. Right. And I think, although that may be dust, domestic limitations, but either way, Bernard is the last one too that we've had some stuff on. I mean, there have been some others, but in terms of a pure transfer, you know, Italian sources are always questionable. So we heard from Corriere dello sport, which just, they say all sorts of crazy stuff. Although Fabrizio Romano is our guy. He is a reliable guy. Right. And he has a podcast, Paulo Fonseca. That's AS Roma's manager likes Bernard, but at the moment, Roma haven't sent any bid Everton apparently once 10 million euros for him, which. Okay. I mean, that's about right. Now we know that they had an offer. We think we had an offer for seven million pounds for Bernard and Carlos, the one that stepped in that said, no, he's going to be important player for us. We need to keep him. Now he is on a big wage. He came over on his free. That's, that's a reasonable thing. But the rumor is that Bernard's agent was in town on Saturday to talk shop. Apparently Roma was trying to bring back Stephen L. Sharway from Shanghai. And I think the idea was to have it on a free loan. And I think they eventually said, no, man, nothing's free coming out of China, my friend. So I think that fell apart a little bit. And Bernard would fill in a similar type of role. So it could make sense by all accounts. Bernard's willing to take a bit of a pay cut, of course, and maybe Everton will supplement that salary. But the thing is, if he goes, I still feel like maybe we have, we have a gap there, but, but he is a left-sided player. He's always been a left, left half space guy. A lot of people said, well, no, he can play in the middle. He's never really played in the middle of half spaces about it. And we clearly have a need for a more natural right-sided player. Alex will be as a naturally left-sided player always has been. You got to wonder if he goes, maybe we do some business. This one may have legs. What are your thoughts? Yeah. This is another one that's similar to the John Joe Kennedy to Schalke where this popped up in the summer. And yeah, Bonseca has a history with Bernard. He played under him at Schachtar Don Ask, obviously his last club. So it's, he knows the player really well, probably believes he'd be a valuable contributor in Syria. I think the move itself makes sense for Roma to bring him in. I'm not sure if it makes sense for us to sell Bernard in January. You know, you talk about trimming the squad and all the things Marcel alluded to at the AGM. You need to get the squad down. And on the other hand, you know, you have people saying, well, why aren't we spending big in January? Why aren't we really the tables wide open? Why aren't we going for it? This is almost like the exact opposite where you're selling guys who, I mean, Bernard plays for us. He may not start every match. He may not appear every match, but he's getting minutes. Can you afford to sell a guy like that when we're already, and you can say left wing is probably your deepest position. We have three or four guys who could realistically play there, but Bernard is one that would come in. He's, you know, second or third on that list, maybe. And I don't know if we can afford to sell him. If we don't have an adequate replacement lined up, you know, John Joe, Kenny's not getting minutes. That's fine. Bernard's playing. We can't just let him go unless we're going to find someone else to play in that spot. So I'd be surprised if this one came off the wages. Again, if you can move the wages is good, we need to have time to sort of maneuver around it and find adequate substitutions for him. And I don't think we really have that given that it's already January 17th, that time of recording and time sticking. And, you know, any pro any money we get in as pure profit to for him being free. So that's a consideration as well. Yeah, I got to figure this only happens unless we have someone in our back pocket. You know what I mean? And we'll get to the incoming. So we've had some rumors in that in a second. Yannick Bellassie is an interesting one. You know, there's still some scuttle bit about him joining rejoining Neil Warnock, who is his manager for at least a little bit of his time at palace. He's at Middlesbrough now. I've heard some other things about him too. Nothing substantial. We've seen him. Bo Bestick is the other one, which I mean, mom's been the word on him. I really thought it's kind of crazy if you think about it. I really thought before them, before Sheffield picked up Sander Burge, I really thought they started to play him a little bit. And it seemed like they liked him. He has some positional versatility in a three back set. He could play one of the center center back positions to and run forward. He almost would be a perfect tactical fit for him. But alas, they signed Burge and, you know, he's probably not an option there. I can't believe we haven't heard anything about it. Maybe his agent is not good at making up rumors. But, but either way, both those guys are out in six months so they can sign up for Boston with, with anyone. I would imagine we're going to see something on them in January. Of course they could maybe just settle with the club and move on to someplace as well. You know, not, not much worth discussing there. I don't think any final words before we move into incomings. No, just two guys who are kind of relics of an era at Everton. That's, that's gone by, right? Guys that were brought in, never really worked out high hopes at the time, but I think it's clear we're moving in a new direction. All the respect in the world for Yannick Balasi's tweet game. He's a big supporter. He tweets a lot of positive stuff about Everton, but he's never going to play for us on the pitch. And same for Mo Bezich, who, yeah. I mean, I, we haven't heard really anything from about Mo in a long time, given how well he performed. Obviously the rave reviews and the World Cup, playing against Leo Messi and all that stuff, or rather World Cup qualifying. And anyway, they, I did, I assumed that they wouldn't really be looking for a specific deal. They'll be looking to see out their contracts and sign on a free for someone else, but we shall see. Yeah. I mean, Yannick's a total entertainer. I look forward to where he goes next. You know, I mean, I think he'll, in the right situation, I think he'd be amazing. And I hope he does. I like him. He's an enthusiast. I like him too. Yeah. Yeah. So in terms of incomings, you know, it's kind of related to the outgoings. You know, if you send John Joe out is that time where we step up and get a big time right back. Shelly was a guy who we've been linked to a little bit with Lil, you know, plays on the right side there. He just got hurt. He's been out a bit, but I haven't heard anything all that solid for him. You know what I mean? So no real use talking about that, but there has been in the last couple of days, and I can't believe talk sport broke this shock. Joshua Xerksi, who is currently the backup kind of center forward at Byron Munich. And in the January window in our monster episode, we talked about the place to look or the big clubs. They've got the depth where maybe someone's not playing who has talent. You know, it's kind of crazy, but then it got picked up by a couple of people in Fabrizio Romano. If he says something's going on, he's right. I mean, he's very reliable. So his quote is Everton and Parma are in talks with Byron Munich to sign Joshua Xerksi on loan after Frankfurt also trying weeks ago. Now Frankfurt moved for Joe Jovic, who came back and scored two goals for him, actually, I think. Yeah. Today. Look, he wants to play is what it says, and he does have a better chance of playing at Everton than he does with Byron for sure. That being said, I think he was a little surprised to in the summer when they signed Chupa Molting on a free in October. So he's kind of your backup. I know Serge Nabri had played, has played a little center forward. I think he even was playing today when I was watching. He definitely played in the cut match that they lost in, and that was, I know, a total embarrassment for them. And then they also have Jean Fite Arp, who's a 21 year old too, who's in their youth clean, who's very well thought of. You know, does this, I still think it's a little bit strange. I mean, he's not going to play that much. He's certainly not going to play overdone. I do think he could help us, but he's not kind of, I just envision us moving for kind of a right-sided attacker slash center forward. Before we get into the type of player, does this make a lot of sense to you for him? I don't know if it would. You'd think you'd want to go somewhere you'd play for sure. Right. If you're going, moving from Byron to Everton, maybe going from behind Levin Daweski to behind Calvary Lewin. So you got a little bit of a chance of like, he's trying to him Calvary Lewin Dallas. They say same player. They're, they're, they're closer than they were a year ago. Let's see that. Let's see that. Yeah. But yeah, it'd be an interesting one. I mean, he did have a trial with Everton before he signed with Byron Munich. I don't know if everyone's seen the photos circulating of him in an Everton shirt. So there is a little bit of history there. I'd imagine that we probably know him as a player, somewhat well, um, young player. So if it's from what I've seen, it's potentially a loan with an option to buy, uh, could be low risk. If you're taking that on, you get the added striker depth. Um, but it just seems so weird to me that we would move Moyskine out and bring in another young player who theoretically just needs game time to sit behind dominant cover, Lou and then provide a depth. I'm surprised they'd be giving up on him so early, but again, it's Byron Munich. You know, if they want to go get a backup striker, they go get a backup striker. I mean, they have so much pull within Germany. It's crazy. Um, the player itself, he's not what you think though. I think everyone sees all big six foot three guy with crazy hair and thinks he's this domineering aerial thread. He's not really that much like Dominic Albert, Lou. And he doesn't really play big. He's not going to rise over players and attack the ball in the air. He may kind of lean into him, bump him and create some space for himself. He kind of hopes it lands more in his feet. Um, he's not reckless at all. Like he is incredibly composed. His movement in the box is excellent. I mean, he may lose his marker and hit an open header, but, um, he's a really calm guy. So what I've seen of him is, um, he plays mostly with his back to the goal. He'll come back to the ball lot. He's a very good possession player. The first touch is a little inconsistent at times, but I mean, he's more of a distributor. You know what I mean? He has great balance. He is a very good athlete. He can press to in defense. You see him and he's not, he's not like this crazy fast twitch guy, but then you see him pursuing the pressure and he can move and he is six foot three. He's a big guy. He's got crazy hair. Um, but yeah, and his, his, um, he's light on his feet. He's great with the first touch shot. You see it a lot. Um, you know, off a couple of set pieces, he sets some amazing goals where they play the ball over and instead of running and heading it, I mean, he'll wait for it and just strike it beautifully. Um, yeah, he can set up plays. Oh really? I mean, he grabs the ball. I can run a little bit. He's a very rarely played outside. So I don't see him as being a right wing type guy. He really is a center forward. Um, but Don's best things about him is not necessarily coming back to the ball and helping with possession. He's getting better at it, but Don wants to run off the back foot and have crosses play to him. They could play together though. I will say this. I know it seems kind of crazy, but they both can pressure this kid is a good athlete. I could see him kind of coming back into him, playing within the lines, receiving a ball and playing dawn through a little bit. You know, it's, I think if it's an option to buy it's a coup. I mean, this kid is really talented. Um, but he's very different. I mean, he's just so composed. He's everything's placement on him. He's very cerebral. Um, and yeah, I mean, he is an exciting prospect. I don't know how well he would fare with some of the physical rigors. I mean, I've never seen him really lean back into someone and box them out with strength. You know, he kind of floats back to the ball. Um, but the talent is there. I mean, the upside on this kid is tremendous. If we could get an option to buy it'd be a coup. I mean, it also is basically saying what we kind of said before is if Keene's not coming back, this would be a nice backup. You know what I mean? He's not as, he's not as polished and as accomplished. It's moist Keene who's been banging him in the top level. Now, since he was 16, but, but he is promising. I think he's a very good player. I do think he could help immediately, but he's just not maybe the player that you think, and he's not going to walk into the side by any stretch. Yeah. I mean, we'll see what happens. It does seem weird to have talk sport, uh, breaking things, but I'd imagine like it's worth exploring. And as you said, Ryan, looking at the big clubs, looking at sort of the, the excess that they have. Well, I mean, for a backup for Everton, I don't, I think it would be a bit, uh, pretentious to turn our nose up at a player like that, given the, the high ceiling. Now if it's just a six month, even if it's just a six month loan with no option to buy, I mean, maybe it's not quite as good a fit because you really want to be looking long term with a guy like this. Yeah. Yeah. But it still could make sense just to get the added depth, especially if we let Chanka, we really do need at least one other striker in there. So I could see it coming off. Yeah. And it sounds like that striker is not going to be Josh King. So that gets another rumor, which thank God, I've never understood this room where he just turned 29. Um, he's got like six months left. So you're not going to get them on a loan or anything. Uh, so talk sport. And again, this one, I don't believe as much as maybe something else broke. He's reportedly pricing himself out of a move to Everton after demanding 120 K a week wages. Um, we knew this was going to happen. I mean, it just, I don't think he makes that much sense other than the fact that he can play on the right side in center forward. I think this is a big pass. I think another one that just came out was Felipe Anderson. This one is even stranger to me. Um, as a player, it's interesting. You know, he's not, he kicked on at first with West Ham, but when he came up to West Ham, he was like tearing up trees. People were like, yeah, he was getting, you know, at the time he's, he's older player, but like him and for Charleston were like these kind of upstart Brazilian guys, he made a big impact, but things have gone south for him ever since. Yeah, he's not that old. I mean, you know, he's not, but he's older than for Charleston. Yeah, he is. I mean, he's 27, you know, um, it would be strange again. I mean, why would we want to help out with Sam and giving one of their guys? I mean, he's, he's been on loan at Porto and they don't want them anymore. They're not playing him there, which kind of makes you a little concerned that they're pretty good though. I mean, in his defense, but I just don't, that seems a little crazy why loan him, you knew what he was, but I mean, I feel like he's on 85 K a week. Um, it would be strong, strange. I mean, they paid 35 million pounds for him. So I don't, this one seems strange to me. It could be a dare to be great type situation, but maybe on a loan, I just, why would they strengthen a team? Right above them in the table. And the logistics of it don't make sense. If you take it, it just straight up the player himself. If you can, if the money's right, I would take a flyer on him to see if he can come in and provide, you know, depth in our wide areas. But maybe if you take in all the, the extra kind of factors, it makes less and less sense the more that you consider. And he's more of a left-sided player too. I think that's true. He's been more successful. And again, it's a little redundant. So I'm not sure I believe that one. Maybe that's right. Send out Bernard bringing Felipe, Brazilian for Brazilian. Yeah. It just seems too easy to make that one up. You know what I mean? Yeah. And so the last one, Moises Casito is one that we've talked about already. I'm not going to hit this into the ground. This one hurts for me personally. And he's 19 years old. I love this kid. I think he's a super prospect. He is press resistant. He's already shown the ability to play at the highest international level and the Copa Libre d'Oris, which is not an easy competition to play in. He is so good on the ball in terms of possession. He's calm. He's sophisticated advanced. He's a good athlete. He's strong already. When he gets stronger, I mean, he could be absolutely lights out. It looks like we were in the race, but Brighton is now, according to Fabrizio again, confident to sign him in the next days. The agreement with Independiente de Valle, who's a really good club this year, by the way, in the Libre d'Oris. Six million euros. God. I mean, that's the type of opportunity. They're just waiting on a work permit. Brighton has struck again. You know, they pulled Jacob motor out of a hat. He's going to be joining the club now. McAllister was another one they got from Boca or yeah, from Boca, I believe South American player that's super talented that you're kind of like, whoa, how the heck is Brighton pulling this off? I feel like we missed a trick here, but look, we do have a very crowded midfield and maybe now is not the right time. Yeah, grandfather will be really glad to hear all the nice things you said about it. I mean, if they stay up, I mean, you look at the future midfield. I mean, those are three guys that could play in the three midfield. It could be otherworldly, but it doesn't matter if you can't stay up. I think, I think they have more than enough talent to stay up, but they just should. They're they're actually like differentials. Just, I mean, I know it's crazy. But anyway, we digress. We're talking about a different club that wears blue and white. We should be focusing on Everton. And I think that's more or less all we had for our January news roundup. But thanks to everyone for listening, Ryan, before we wrap any last words. Let's go across and as rumors go, we'll watch him do our best job of looking at him. You know, we'll give you a little bit of our American viewpoint and we'll take it from here. I mean, it should be an exciting last couple of weeks. I think there is an opportunity for us. I don't think it's some wise and once in a lifetime opportunity. I look forward to us continuing to improve under Marcel brands. And it'll be very interesting. What happens? There's a lot of loose names out there. So I'm sure we'll have a lot to talk about. And I'm looking forward to coming back on and being with you, James and represent the USA and talking about more of these guys as we like to do. Indeed. And yeah, going to be an interesting last several days of the month. I think there's still some questions to be answered by the board by Marcel, but we'll see. I wouldn't be shocked if it ends up being a big deflated balloon and we just get the nothing ends up happening. But at the, I think worst case scenario, we move some guys out. We continue to move towards that goal of trimming the squad. And we get through the rest of the season with what we have when we look forward to the summer with big moves, but otherwise, yeah, we've got a little bit of downtime now. Everton, don't play for another week. Time to get healthy. Time to rest up time for people to relax a little bit, but we appreciate everyone listening. If you did enjoy the show, please do leave us a comment below. Let us know what you thought. 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