 Welcome to ToffeeTV, it is the Everton News Daily, Rafa Benitez has held his press conference ahead of the box and day trip to Berlin which looks like it will be going ahead after the Premier League refused Everton's application for the game to be called off. Everton currently have 11 first team players missing, 5 with Covid, 6 with injuries, it's a sorry state, other clubs are clearly getting games called off for something around the same but the Premier League have denied Everton the opportunity. Barely on the other hand look like they've got a fit bill of health for the game which may have swayed the Premier League not to call it off, it seems like if both teams have got problems the Premier League have got no problem calling the game off but if only one has then they knock one call off which brings into question the sport and integrity of the Premier League at the moment it just seems to be an absolute farce and I know there's been a meeting today with the players with the Premier League and the managers with the Premier League to try and cut through this, this to me is an absolute farce. Rafa Benitez said that he's got 9 outfield players available, 3 goalkeepers and he's had to draft in 5 players from the under 23s, it just seems ludicrous at this moment when you know Covid is so much in the news and it clearly is having an effect on the whole nation that you know a game of football won't get called off because it's probably because it's on boxing day and they don't want too many games called off because it's a big day for television for the Premier League, absolutely farce if you ask me but it looks like we're gonna have to play at this moment who knows if more cases arise of Covid the game could be called off but it just seems like why wouldn't you call off it with you know there's still it's still only Thursday and it would help the fans out, it would help the clubs out, it's just utter nonsense if you ask me but Everton will have to get through. One of the players who looks like he hasn't got over his Dominic Arvillune because the manager has actually spoke about them and said that you know he doesn't really want to have to play him but he might have to and that's again that's a strain on that's not fair on the player it's not fair on the club this is a lad who hasn't played since late August and he might have to play you know more time than he needs to in his comeback game, it just seems absolutely nonsense you know they'll class him as a fifth player but clearly he's not fit he hasn't played since late August so the manager has to balance it out I'm trying to find because it's okay as well saying that there's nine outfield players fit those nine outfield players might play in similar positions you know who knows we're not aware of who's fit and who's not fit for this game apart from him mentioning Dominic Arvillune and obviously the goalkeepers it looks like it all fit that's that can't be fair surely you know we can we can talk about having bigger squads but what if your entire defences is out with COVID how is that fair we'll have to wait and see we'll have to wait and see what happens over the next few days but obviously it's a big game it's a big game for Bayleys they've got a fit squad of course they wouldn't want this game called off knowing that they're gonna play against a very weak heaven inside that to me that that's just nonsense that is all to all to nonsense and but we'll have to wait and see what goes on and one of the players you could play is Luca Dean and apparently he's available as well so after not after currently not being able to play and saying he was sick in the last game and all the rest of it so he might be available to play so and Dominic Arvillune Jordan Pickford in goal and Luca Dean that's the team as it stands yeah it just it just it just strikes me it's just idiotic and as I said there's no sporting integrity at all when games are being getting called off here and there and everywhere and I know they changed the protocols at the beginning of the week but this doesn't this doesn't seem to fit in with those protocols are there so for me I'd have called off all the games but that's just me but ever they're gonna have to go to barely with a very very weak weak sad and putting a massive train on the squad as a whole with games coming thick and fast you know we play Newcastle and you know not too many days afterwards and then Brighton and it's yeah to me it just to me it just seems idiotic that we we are playing this game but there you go managers not happy he's not happy at all and he's got a right he's got a right to he's got a right to not be happy with the Premier League so a lot of people speaking out about it as well Pep Guardiola has come out today and said you know we can see players possibly going on strike and you know clubs going on strike whatever is so he's not happy about the situation you know Jürgen Klopp wasn't happy in Liverpool games being called off now what a coincidence but he was right when he's saying just too much football on at a time where squads are very very strange so you know we'll see what happens hopefully of course it'll change hopefully it'll change in the in the new year with there hopefully with Michael Enko coming in you know talk of other players Patterson maybe coming in as well I've ever been can do a deal it's a little bit more complicated than just paying the money of Rangers want the money up front so hopefully it'll get better next month but we'll have to wait and see on that score a player haven't have been linked with today's Nottingham Forests Brandon Johnson attack and sense attack a midfielder Welsh international to play 27 times for them to go five goals very highly sought after but with a fee of 20 million apparently for them I can't see that and happening or haven't been involved in that if there's three or four teams who can possibly play up from pay up from for him you might have to play up on forever and if ever and continue with the injury problems and the over problems if ever made the sign them but Evan have been linked with him today so there you go that is today's news yeah hopefully everyone has a Merry Christmas and hopefully this game the game gets called off so Merry Christmas to everyone watching out there thank you for watching give this video a like subscribe if you haven't already you want more great videos join us over on patreon the link is in the description see you later