 Welcome to the footy show daily. I'm dumb on for a good few days and stays here, but stay. I'm going to chat about all of it, obviously, but quite a few footy stories that are going around because obviously, as we're approaching the Premier League season, the new seasons across Europe, there's a lot of transfer stuff going on at the moment. Before we go into this, I want to say thanks to Odd Checker for sponsoring the 2021 season countdown here on Toffy TV, the 10 days to go till the start of the new Premier League season. If you like a bet, Odd Checker is the only app you need for the Premier League season. You can bet on the app now between a place where you can go and compare all the odds. You can bet through that app now as well and you can get all the latest odds from any of the bookies if you like a bet, that is. It's a bit like delivery book for betting companies and stuff like that. If you haven't already, click the link to bound, load the app. You can bet, like I say, with all the leading bookies, but you've got to be 18 plus please, gamble responsibly. Let's begin with probably the biggest story that's bouncing around. It's by no means confirmed at the minute and it seems like a bit of a soap opera, but it is. Possibly the greatest footballer ever to play the game. It could be leaving Barcelona for these shores to go and play for Manchester City in the Premier League line or Messi. What have you made of it? Crazy, absolutely crazy. I was saying to you before, I just never thought I'd ever seen him in any other colours apart from Barcelona. Just felt like it was Barcelona and Messi. It's just you just didn't think you'd ever be anything different, but obviously it's a big power struggle over there at the moment and obviously the presence of Messi have come to loggerheads and Suarez getting basically kicked out of Barcelona. It's just a bit of a mess really and obviously he's just trying to negotiate how he leaves now, which is, yeah. It is mad obviously, Ronald Coombe became a man and he did me and then it all exploded. I've never seen that before. But obviously Lionel Messi, like you say, he's always been Barcelona, since he was a kid. It did look like he was going to be a one club man. It may still end up being a one club man, but at the minute it does look like it's going to be very difficult for him to remain a Barcelona regardless of whether Barton or the President does leave. Messi's told him apparently he wants to play for Manchester City with Pep. And like you say, it seems to be about them negotiating his exit now. There's obviously he's got a £700 million release fee in his contract. However, George Messi, his dad who's representing him, said that that expired last summer and this is the plus one year. And in that agreement Barcelona said he could go for nothing if he'd, when he signed the last contract, if he got to that, they're saying that times passed. Because of Covid or something you were saying, yeah. At the timescale, the La Liga have sided with Barcelona because obviously they probably don't want the biggest draw leaving. But I've seen lots of legal people saying that if they take it to court City will have to pay a nominal fee. And they're talking about a nominal fee of £50 million, a nominal fee. But I suppose compared to £700 million, £50 million ain't that bad. Undisclosed. Undisclosed fee. I mean, obviously we don't know the internet out of it so we can't go too much into the legality of it or whether it won it in the way they report it. But do you see him remaining at Manchester City, sorry, remaining at Barcelona or do you see him going to Manchester City? I just don't think, especially at the president's side, unless the president resigns. But he's offered that, hasn't he? And apparently that Messi didn't have a portion of that. I'll be honest, I think it seems like a lot of the hardcore Barcelona fans have even started to turn on him now, which is mad, really, considering what he's done for that club as well. Obviously they've done a lot for him as well. Obviously, but I just don't think, I just don't think, I just can't see him being there now. I was saying some on the other day though, I wonder if it would come to the point where Barcelona would just let him rot and the reserves. Oh, it's only got a year left, so what would be the point of that? You just don't know, however, if it's an ego thing now. Dave said he wanted to be at Barcelona after he's finished playing. The easiest way to do that is to let him go and then bring him back to the club when he's finished, isn't it? Yeah. So do you see him going yes or no? Yes, probably. I'm still not 100%, I don't know, probably. Probably. I mean, what do you think he could do it in the Premier League? Yeah, on a cold night in Stoke. On a cold night at Stoke, well, unless they get off, they're not going to be Stoke. The league cup. It's just a shame, and if he does come to the Premier League, there'll be no fans there to see it straight away, which is the sad part of it. I think it's a sad the way it ended for him, if it ends for him at Barcelona. I think it would have been nicer if everyone to put that football now. Will that not, just before we move on, will that not make him a better player to come and play in the Premier League? In a lot of people's eyes, he's done it not only in Spain, he's come and done it in the Premier League. I think if he hadn't come, even if he didn't come, he's still one of the, is potentially the greatest player of all time. I don't think, but I get the argument of, I know everyone always compares it, oh, Ronaldo's done it in this league, and Ronaldo's done it in that league, and he has a third player to Ronaldo, but I think if he'd stayed at Barcelona, and he could still be the greatest player of all time. It's going to be really interesting. I think it's fascinating if he comes, he'll love to see him. I think Everton play city over Christmas, he'll love us to be back in the stadiums then and watch Messi in front, he'll be playing against Levin, it'll be incredible. It'll be better to see him playing for Everton, but it'll be good to see him there. Without Secha, he's 8-11 to join Manchester City. Someone else you mentioned there on the back of Barcelona, Suarez, he's 1-6 without Secha to join Juventus. This was a mad mum, because obviously Suarez is getting older, I think 33 is near something like that. They still scored a lot of goals again this season, but Cumin had come in and apparently found them and told them by phone, and that has upset a lot of the dressing room of Barcelona on the way it was done. But Juventus, and teaming up with Ronaldo, what do you make of that? Yeah, I think in Italy, I think he'll score a bagload of goals this year. Still, yeah. I think he's one of the players Suarez, he can be 35-30, he'll still put the ball. Yeah, he'll still put the ball in the net, he'll run around like a lunatic and he'll try and get involved and there'll be controversy I imagine with him somewhere, but he's a top player, and I think Cumin's tried to come in, hasn't he, and stampers in for it, and I don't know how long he had left, I think he might have had a year left on his contract. Getting an £18 million off, apparently. Good luck to him. Not bad to hear, if you can get it. On the top, I guess that's two players that could be leaving Barcelona, but obviously the stories about players coming in and everything. One of those players is Tini, when Aldham plays for Liverpool, he's got 10 months left on a deal, and I'm afraid it looks like, looks as though he's not going to sign. I think we've talked to a couple of the red men lads before, just about this situation, and apparently Liverpool had offered them contracts and he hasn't signed them, so it looks like he does want to move on. They're talking about a £480 million to go and play, obviously, with this, what would have been his national team manager, Cumin. Great move for him, I think he's 29, he's 30, I think it's a really good move to go and play for Barcelona. Good deal for Liverpool as well. Both teams, they're liars. Liverpool done well, it's got £18 million for him, 29-year-old. I know, like I was just speaking to him before, he's an important player for Liverpool, but they're obviously looking at bringing, potentially, Tiago in as well. Another 29-year-old. Another 20-year-old, see how many people there are. Pair will be ffew. But I think it's a good move for both parties, £18 million. It makes the Tiago, dearly, I suppose you look at it from that point too, it's only £9 million. If they would do it that way. Fair enough. Fair enough. He's not done too bad from Newcastle to Liverpool and out of Barcelona. Champions League winner, a Premier League winner, all sorts, has the Liverpool show. It's interesting to see how that plays out as well. One player who has completed the transfer today is Donnie Van Beek, who's gone from Ajax to Manchester United. To me, this was a surprise, this sign, because obviously all summer it's been Jadon Sanchio, that's been the one that a lot of people have looked at. For Manchester United, obviously Solskjaer has done a really good job there, in the face of adversity, because even Christmas in there, or thereabouts, people were questioning whether he'd be there. Had a really strong second half of the season, obviously Bruno Fernandez made a huge difference seeing how he'd get Pogba back. There was, like I say, Sanchio's that seemed to be the main topic of conversation, him and Raul Jimenez, David Attude, had a lot of people were talking about and then Van Beek's coming from almost from nowhere. Surprised? Yeah, very surprised, speaking to it the weekend on the Chatham. I was really surprised and I was actually reading something yesterday about Van Beek. Raul Madrid basically had agreed a fee with Ajax with him, but he'd obviously, because of Covid, Madrid just called me forwarding and he reckoned United had just jumped in there, why the fee was the fee it was, because originally they were asking for 60 million off Madrid and obviously with what happened and United had just jumped in straight away and I suppose the good thing, he offers them something different to all the other midfielders they've got, you can play a six, you can play an 80s, he offers them, I suppose a bit different to, I know Fernandez plays higher up the pitch as well, so 40 million, 22, 23 year olds. It's a good player, you've got to see him against Spayers obviously in the Champions League in a couple of seasons, they're going very good. Not to, he reminds me of classing a little bit, I'm not saying he'll be classing, I'm not saying it'll work the way classing did that, but I just mean no pace of any note, intelligent runner, get into the box, well, classing when he was playing for Ajax. Just imagine a bit of that, but obviously he'd be going into a better team at Manchester United. I suppose they're in the Champions League as well, and I've seen so you've got to have a good squad as well, if they want to try and, I'm not saying they're going to go for the title, but if they want to be nearer to the other two teams, you've got to... That'll be the aim now when they finish four, so if you finish three four, you're aim, especially with Rashford, Martial, you've got plays on the top end of the pitch, you can... Whatever we say, there's still a massive club on United, they'll want to be back up challenging, for the major honours, so if you can get a 40 million pound player who can be a squad player as well in the first team, it's good on. Well, there's a, you know, obviously another story on top of the way United are concerned, there's Diolch up on McArnau, who, the RB Leipzig centre back has been talking about, he's obviously been linked with United, he's been talking about wanting to speak to other clubs, he's had them calm about the situation, but he would like to speak to other clubs and United being the main one. Obviously there's been issues with Harry Maguire on the pitch, I don't think he's been great last season, there's obviously been issues with him off the pitch recently, but he'll be someone who Diolch, he's not going to be someone they're looking to get rid of, they're looking for someone to play with him. So, I mean, up on McArnau, he does, he's a monster, he's a hell of a player, he's a real, he's all over, he's got physical attitude, he's a brilliant, looks really good, you know, he's good in the Champions League, I think he's someone you'd say, Manchester United? Yeah, I think it'd be great for United, I think he'd improve their defence even more, but I can see him staying a bit at Leipzig and going to maybe Bayern Munich next season. Cos I know he only signed a four-year deal recently as well, but obviously Leipzig are protecting the asset with him. I'd pass, he think he might do another year with Leipzig, maybe try and challenge Bayern next season, this season, sorry, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him there Bayern Munich next season, personally. Just, I know we were in Spain before talking about Barcelona, but just going to Bayern Madrid, obviously, James Rodriguez on his way to Everton. But another high-profile player who isn't really getting a go there at the minute is Gareth Bale. I mean, you showed me a picture before and I'm trying them with his hair out, terrifying, so much hair. That's a mad situation, isn't it? Because do you think he gets the plaud that he's sugar given, I think he's done incredibly well for Real Madrid, and now he's done, obviously, scored probably the greatest goal ever in a Champions League final and won stuff for them. The problem with Bale, for me outside, it looks like he's maybe fell out of love with the game a bit. Obviously he still loves golf, golf, Wales, Madrid. It looks like he loves playing for Wales, like when he's with Wales, he looks like he's really committed, but Eamon's a dan, obviously, down to I to I, and I think obviously Madrid need to, by the looks of it and by the looks of it, they've said they're not bringing anyone in this summer. Well they're trying it, they want to pay him off. It's 30 million to pay him off. He's got two years left on his contract, 30.2 million to be precise to pay Gareth Bale off. No club's going to pay that for a 30-year-old injury. Obviously he's super-amely talented as well, done really well, but where could he go? That age, like you just said, he seems to be, Gareth Bale could sit here and tell us we're totally wrong, but he looks like he doesn't seem that motivated at all, and that might be just because of the way he's being treated by Real Madrid, he might feel like it's, you know, he hasn't been given, hasn't got the support, he hasn't been given the opportunities, and we've had the situation coming towards the end of the season, a few weeks ago, Wales had answered, they asked him Bob Bale, and he just went, didn't want to play, they didn't feel like playing, so we've left them behind, coming to a game and things like that. Is there anybody who could take him where you think he would get in? So anyone who paid that money and who could take him? I don't think, if he'd have to take a pay cut to go elsewhere for me. But where did you see him going? Did you see him coming back to the Premier League? The only one I could think of in the Premier League, if he potentially went back to Tottenham, potentially, I wouldn't say it would happen, but it would be a marino, probably type of sand, to be honest with you, where if they said to Real Madrid, you pay the rest of his contract and we'll take him off your hands type of thing like that. I don't see that person, but Premier League was a look around other clubs in the Premier League. They were poor like on a treat, they were poor, he's not going to have a treat. Couldn't rely on City one. I've got a young attack on that side you play, Chelsea. Chelsea now that I can't see Chelsea and you've got Arsenal in Tottenham and you're like, he's not going to go to Arsenal. Tottenham may be on a loan, but... On a new way to sit after beach? I don't know. Levy doesn't pay his cheats. No he doesn't, he doesn't pull a... I just don't see anyone in England and then you look around the world, you look at Germany, not going to go to Germany, no one's going to pay his wages in Germany. China was one he was a bit linked with wasn't he, but then the tax thing changed, so that might not even happen anymore. America maybe, but no one could pay anyway, those wages. He's in it differently. He just hope he doesn't turn into one in play as he just sits out on his contract because it's a waste of talent, massive waste of talent. It seems like what's happening at the minute though doesn't it. Just before we finish, Keffer has said he wants to stay in Pfeiffer's place at Chelsea. Chelsea have been linked with Renn Keeper, Adwaith Menly, Parmigdon, Lampard and Wonshwys, so Keppers have done both for £72 million hasn't really... Chelsea have got a little bit of an evidence situation with him, with Pickford where he's come in high profile goal he's brought in and neither than pulling up any trees and you're looking and going, you want to replace him. Chelsea are in a much healthier position than whatever. Nah, we're the keeper, but 72 million goalie on your bench and then who's going to come and buy him? No one's going to come and buy Kepper. I think if they address that situation they are, you could probably talk about them for challenges next year if they actually sorted the goalkeeper situation out as well. I think they're a goalkeeper and maybe the goalkeeper away probably from maybe challenging next season, especially if you obviously have art over the line as well, so it depends. Our Chelsea would be worried about putting a £70 million goalkeeper on the bench. No, that's what I'm saying. They're a little bit different. Just eyepace, you wouldn't want to go, you wouldn't want to be trying to challenge a Willie Cabell. Very interesting. There you go, that is the footy chat, what's going on at the moment. Don't forget, if you haven't clicked the link already, be loud, download the odd checker app, do it now. If you don't like betting, don't do it, simple as. Make sure you are 18 plus and be gamble responsibly. Always be gamble away. Big thanks to Steve, make sure you subscribe, give the video a thumbs up, if you want more videos, join us on Patreon. See you later.