 Welcome to ToffeeTV, it is the Everton News Daily. Everton have departed for the tour of Australia today and ahead of the two games they play over there. The Blues will begin with a game against Celtic on Sunday morning, very early if you're going to get up and watch it. It kicks off at 3.45am UK time playing against Glasgow Celtic. A good game and then they play again on Wednesday and that one kicks off at a more reasonable 8.45am against Western Sydney Wanderers. That is on Wednesday morning. A number of first team players haven't made the trip. Obviously no Joven Pickford, no Conor Cody, Amadou Omnane or Idrissa Garnagay. On top of that James Coleman is playing for Ireland so he hasn't gone. Alex Obobi is playing for Nigeria so he hasn't gone. Solomon Rondon is playing for Venezuela so he hasn't gone either. So there's a few already who are out. Ben Goffrey hasn't made the trip either. So quite a few not going obviously. I haven't got a couple of injuries as well but it's an opportunity over there for some of the younger players who've made the trip. We haven't seen the squad, the squad list hasn't been confirmed but I imagine Tom Cannon, Stanley Mills, Rhys Welch, Isaac Price those kind of players who've been involved in first team training a lot will have gone. And if they have it's an opportunity for them again to show Manager Frank Lampard exactly what they're all about. Obviously Everton and on a poor runner form at the moment they've lost six out of the last eight games in the Premier League which is a terrible runner form. So it's an opportunity for some of those players to stake a claim for obviously when we resume on Boxing Day with the game against Wolverhansen Wanderers. So it's good for obviously all the Australia based Evertonians and obviously the people who've gone out there as well know quite a few have gone over to Australia for the two games so hopefully the trip goes well and the games are entertaining. Jordan Pickford and Connor Coady have been given their squad numbers for the upcoming World Cup. Jordan Pickford will wear the number one shirt and Connor Coady will wear the number 16 shirt. Both players had their shirt numbers presented to them by Prince William at an event there. So again you know great opportunity for those two players to be at the World Cup and experience all of that as was with O'Nan and Aditi Sagan again as well. We'll see how it goes. It should be exciting. There's no evidence to stress you out so you can just watch the World Cup stress-free and enjoy the football festival that is on and it's going to be dead end stress and obviously a winter World Cup in Qatar as well with a lot of stuff that you know whether it should have been there or not. That's where it is and we'll have the opportunity to see what kind of tournament it is. Anthony Gordon is a reporter target for Spares again. This is according to some reports in London today. The Blues Winger who was the subject of interest obviously very heavy interest from Chelsea in the summer also Newcastle and Spares very interested in them. During the summer transfer window Tottenham were interested in taking and when they bought with Charleston, Evan refused that and stood firm on it but sources in London saying that Antonio Conte and the Tottenham recruitment team really like Anthony Gordon and are very interested in taking. Gordon is of course Evan's top scorer this season so far with three goals. It's being patti his form to say the least this season. Let's see I don't know whether Spares will come in in January or whether it's more likely to be a summer bid if indeed there is any kind of bid for Anthony Gordon. Evan obviously probably won't be welcoming any bids. I think they're trying to get players in forward players in who've got goals and I don't know whether Frank Lampard will want to necessarily let anybody go out. Rondon may well go out. He's not being involved of late but I'm sure he'll want to keep older Gordon for this season at least anyway. Finally former Evan Winger Aaron Lennon has announced his retirement from professional football. The former Blues Winger played 65 games for Evan and scored seven goals. He finished up a Bernley last season. It was a second spell with the Clavits and he has retired at the ripe old age of 35. So a good look to Aaron in what he does next. That is it for the news daily. Give the video a thumbs up. Subscribe if you haven't and if you want more videos including daily live videos become a ToffeeTV Premier member. The link is in the description and the QR code on the screen. See you later.