 The 2020-21 season countdown is brought to you by Odds Checker, your one-stop betting hub. Welcome to Toffy TV, here's the footy show daily. And it's only three days to go to the Premier League season start. We are on the countdown to the Premier League season. Today we're going to have a little look at who will be the player of the season this year because Kevin De Bruyne got PFA player of the season yesterday he was awarded it. A bit late, obviously the football writers award was given to Jordan Henderson, but the other players give it to Kevin De Bruyne because they understand football. So we're going to have a little chat about that as well as some other news. A big thanks to Odds Checker for sponsoring the 2020-21 season countdown on Toffy TV. They are three days to go, of course, to the start of the season and if you like a punt, make sure you get the Odds Checker app. It is the only app to get it, a bit like Deliveroo for betting apps and you can go on there, you can compare all the odds and you can also click through and use the odds as well. So make sure you check that out and you've got to be 18. Don't forget that and you've got to bet responsibly. The link is in the description for that as well. Kevin De Bruyne got PFA. Is that right last season? 100%. Best player in the Premier League, most talented. He's incredible. Doles, passes are unbelievable. Really dry as Manchester City forward. I understand, obviously, Jordan Henderson was the captain. De Bruyne ended the 30-year wait and he was instrumental in doing that for Liverpool, but it's supposed to be on pure talent, isn't it, allegedly, or he was the best player. I just think you look at De Bruyne's numbers, they're just incredible and for me he is the best player in the Premier League and he's the man to beat and I don't think there's any question about that. He's five to one favour for next season as well, so obviously, and he's had his peak, isn't he, at the peak of his powers and he makes that team tick. You've got to play that makes a side tick. That's why I thought it was weird that Jordan Henderson got it because he doesn't make Liverpool tick. Don't get me wrong, I understand he's a driving force and there's a lot of sentiment towards it as well, but he's not what makes Liverpool tick. I don't think personally, you've got the full backs, you've got the three up front. Liverpool fans will say, you know, he's that driving force that every team needs, I understand that, but Kevin De Bruyne is actually the difference maker with Manchester City. And he's won 29 now, isn't he, as well? So, he still looks like he's about 13. In fact, he looks like me when I was 13, but it's the peak, isn't it? He's at the peak of his powers now. You look at him and he's at the centre of everything Manchester City do well. They've got great plays, of course, but he is like that extra notch, I think, when you look at him. He'll be good at that. Obviously, when I was at the Champions League, the way he did and things like that, he fell into that thing almost, that he doesn't perform at a level below and stuff, so I think he'll be hoping that, or they'll be hoping he's as good as he was this season, next season, and everybody else gets up to him level and if they can, City will have an excellent season, but just when you look at the players around the league, he is the best player in the Premier League. The mad thing is, in terms of all, Jordan Henderson is 50-1 to get the PFA award. Isn't that mad though? That is the current winner. The current football writer. Sorry, the football writer, but the players are the ones, and I'm not the one that plays. It's nice to get it obviously off the analyst and it's someone appreciating you and everything else, but when you get the award from fellow pros, that will be the one really, that day to treasure more so because it's people who play the games that are opponents. So who else do you think you're looking at? Cos it's a difficult one this season because of everything that's going on and the lack maybe of new players coming into the... I mean, obviously Chelsea have had a glutus players, but who else are you looking at? I think you'd have to look at... You'd look at Liverpool, wouldn't you? You'd look at probably Virgil van Dijk and say that he'd probably be up there if he has a similar season to what he's just got for Liverpool. He's someone like Sadio Mane, who I think is real, he's Liverpool's real ex-man, almost he's the one who if he doesn't come up with a goal, he generally creates a goal or he causes havoc for them. I know Mo Salah's brilliant for them, but for me Mane, I think he's Liverpool's best player. Manchester City, Raheem Staling is always, scores a lot of goals and is involved in a lot of goals, I think maybe him, he'd have to step up a level. Someone who should be in the running free, if they perform to their level every single week, would be Paul Pogba, because they're talent, but I look at them and they just go, see for me, a player, and I must say any will, but a player I would put into the mix is Bruno Fernandez, because he had such a good second half of the season that if he could do that over a season, then you are looking at someone, and a lot of the times it does come from someone who wins the league or comes very close like Manchester City, but Fernandez had such a good second half of the season that I would look at him. Pogba's one of those players that Pogba, for a long time looked like he didn't want to play for Man United, but it looks like everything sort of suits him now, he's playing in his proper position. In fact I think Bruno Fernandez took the pressure off Pogba, he's allowed Pogba to not be... But you know what I mean, talent wise. He should be, but maybe we'll see that in tandem this season, maybe we'll see Pogba grow because of Bruno Fernandez's influence and vice versa, and I just think that, see what sometimes can happen as well is that one player is so outstanding in his team that they don't have to win something because they just look brilliant, so I think Bruno Fernandez could be an outsider for that. He could, I mean, be on in this season because he took the Premier League by surprise, I think, when he came in. And now we all knew he was an excellent player in Portugal at Sporting and he was obviously, you know, United would chase him from the summer when he and eventually got him in January and he'd been like with Liverpool in the past and other top clubs, and he'd come in and he really just transformed Manchester United, but like I say, people probably weren't prepared for how good he was. I'm not catting anybody by surprise this season. Everyone's going to know. Now, whether you can stop him is another thing. That'll be ultimately what quality he provides, but he is a fantastic player. It'll be interesting to see whether he can be... When you mention Liverpool, they said the Oman is 20-1. Vigio van Dijk's also 20-1. So you've just said before that the Bruin is the favourite. Who else is in the mix then, according to the book? Raheem Sterling, 12-1. Harry Kane, 18-1. And then you've got Sadio Marni. You've got Vigio van Dijk. And he's an interesting one. 33-1. A Bamiang. Tawch ar y bair a player that steps up. That is the... You know, if Arsenal do have a good season and he's the catalyst for it, then again that spotlight of going who drove that team for it. Let me just say this about a Bamiang. Because I've seen something on yesterday, Tuesday that had kind of in my mind was like, yeah, he's staying the rest and shine that new deal and all that. And then I've seen something yesterday from one of the London writers saying why is it people aren't convinced that he's going to shine the contract because it's all gone very quiet. He's only got nine months left on his deal. It's all gone very quiet. We... Barcelona are sniffing around him in Memphis to play, apparently. So it's... If he stays at Arsenal, he could absolutely he could be certainly up in the running because we've seen over the last few weeks a lockdown when he basically won the FA Cup for Arsenal on his own. Such was the impact of him. He's a fantastic player. Come up big in the charity shield against Liverpool as well a couple of weeks ago. If he stays, yeah, he could absolutely be a key player for Arsenal. Just that, in my mind I had forgotten that he signed the deal, he's all settled and then it was just yesterday when I read that I was like, hmm, interesting and it isn't all done and dusted when the Premier League kicks off at the weekend but I mean listen I might get an ounce Friday that he's re-signed but if you're him and you've got maybe Barcelona knocking on your door or who knows, maybe Manchester City or United the Summon saying you've only got nine months left of this, you don't know. Let's get away from that. So some of the talking points from today Aston Villa have broke their transfer record to sign Olly Watkins from Brentford £28 million with the possibility of rising to £33 million. That is a lot of money, I know he scored a lot of goals in the championship but that's a big outlay, isn't it? Huge outlay for Aston Villa. Gambling, big sign on, you know, they took a gamble with Wesley last year, they didn't work. They didn't need goals, we know they were riding for Calum Wilson and he chose to go to Newcastle instead and they've acted very quickly. Olly Watkins looked really good in the championship don't get me wrong, bright player a little bit, mind me a little bit of Josh King but a more prolific player although Josh King's done well in the Premier League he's not Premier League proven so it's a gamble what I would say is a further example of how good Benham is at Brentford in flipping players over you know, absolutely incredible £28 million for now going straight in Brentford's coffers and they can strengthen again Aston for a couple of million, didn't they think? They've done it with Hogan they've done it with a number of players now it's what they do and they'll go out reinvest that money due to the the data that Bobby got three or four players. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. Genial Adam is apparently going to hold talks with Jürgen Klopp because his contract runs out next summer next summer Liverpool have so far not brought any players in obviously Tiago is still massively on their radar massively surprised that that didn't happen but there's that show maybe and I'm not talking Liverpool down at all here the champions fantastic side to improve that but there's that show where they are in terms of trying to improve because to improve that team you're going to have to put massive outlay on a player to come in so do you think, even though he's 29 do you think it's a case of it might be worth just giving this lad what he wants because he's an integral part because some really important goals and he's a key member seems to be a key member in the squad He's been brilliant for Liverpool he got him, he was linked with Everton when he'd been at Newcastle and I was like I wasn't overly impressed at all I know he's scored, I think he ended up with 10 goals or something at Newcastle but when I'd watched him he was just one of those players that flitted in and out he's gone to Liverpool and fair play to Klopp he's improved them massively and he's become an integral part of their team like you say it's difficult for Liverpool because obviously huge losses due to Covid they're a team they're a club that tries to do they try to do business in a different way they've tried to become self-sustainable they've done that to a certain extent they've spent money when they've had of course they have, Klopp spent 400 or 500 million, I think 400 million but they've recouped a lot as well so when you're the champions the way they are, you write it it's difficult to improve that team and as fans we always want new signs, Liverpool fans are frustrated I think at the minute that more haven't come in but to get into that team you're going to have to go some to be good enough to go into that side so you can understand it's been difficult for them and Klopp has done this before he's looked and gone, if we can't get better watch the point, there's no point stocking up so when Aldam's staying makes sense to me but he has been linked to the Barse and obviously we're cumin there as well who knows we'll have to wait and see I do expect Tiago to go in there it is ramping up though, there's a lot of business that had to happen Palace moving for Battershire it would seem they just put out easy and easy as he so a player they already know but that would probably be a good move for him if that happens Fulham as well bringing in looking to bring in PSG, goalkeeper on loan Aurelio bringing in Kenny Tete bringing in as well bringing in a loan deal for Torino Fulbach the formula of Chelsea so they're starting to move Ollie Watkins has gone to Sheffield United and Chelsea on the verge of getting Mendy the goalkeeper being number one well I mean yeah I think he probably will well I think he will what I'm saying is he mightn't be the number one of the weekend because I'm a capital star but I don't think it'll be long before unless Kepper steps right though but I think he will ultimately become the number one and then Chelsea it's ready to move for other players as well but not done so so they've all got the benefits having another few weeks to bring players in and then move players on if they need to so it's going to continue to be very busy I think over the next few weeks the reality of football coming back is here isn't it you know the international weekend is gone thank god absolutely terrible but unreal football obtains this week and we've been counting down to that every day so make sure you stick with the 40 show big thanks to odds checker for sponsoring our countdown to the season don't forget get the app the link is in the description click on the link in the description to get the app don't forget you've got to be 18 better responsibly as well and we'll be back tomorrow to discuss all the latest on the countdown to the Premier League start on Saturday thanks for watching see you later