 Welcome to Toffy TV. I'm joined by Sarah Helpin who makes her long awaited return to the Toffy TV studio. Yes. Good to have your back. It's good to have your back. It's great to be back, Ped, you know what? Honestly, I've missed you boys so much. I really have. I love coming in and we always have a laugh, don't we? We always have a laugh. We do always have a laugh. It's good to be back. Let's get into it. Yes. Hammers Rodriguez. We have to call them hammers. You can't call them Joe. James, if you signed for us, would you call them James? Well, I want to go with James and Alan, to be honest. James and Alan. James and Alan. Sounds like an old Irish folk group. Welcome to the stage, James and Alan. A little band. Hammers James Rodriguez. Nice to be being linked with them again, isn't it? Come for the football, stay for the cultural racism. Welcome to Toffy TV. Well, we have been linked to them. This broke late last night. It was on, I think, like talk sport. I think I have it. I seen it. It was just like, nah, that's nonsense. But then more people started. I think Jason Burt, who's quite reliable, did telegraph. And then Sky jumped in and then Alan Myers. Although it wasn't like a direct Alan Myers thing, it was like he'd heard. And there seems to be legs in it. But what I find interesting is, it's one that, I'm not saying it's not splitting the fan base. I just find it a very interesting sign. If it happens because it doesn't really, it doesn't really tick any of the boxes that we are. We've been told that what Evan are looking for. So what's your take on it? I mean, for me personally, I'd take Hammers Rodriguez all day long at Everton. I think when I was the same as you was on Twitter last night, saw Talksport popped up like Everton effect. And I thought, ah, this is something that's going to be doing the rounds. It was all the talk in sort of January time. And then obviously then we've had this COVID situation. It's all gone very quiet on that. But the fact that he's played on to Angelotti previously a couple of times as well, I think shows that you always think it's a name that's going to be linked basically. But as you say, once big Al's onto it. And you've got some more journalists that are maybe a little bit more accurate in stuff they talk about. It looks like it's going to happen. Odds have obviously just been totally slashed. Well, yeah, I'm going to keep me part of the drive for now on whether it's going to happen or not. Because, like you said then, it's a play we've been linked with quite a bit. The link obviously is there with Carlo and Angelotti. He's had them twice before, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich. So he's obviously a player he likes. He's a player he obviously knows how to get the most off. Which is good because I do think we need leaders in and players that the manager understands. So obviously we want Alan in as well. That's another one that the manager knows and obviously knows what he can bring to the team. My only worry is he's 29. I've seen, the price I've seen and this was some South American press was 22 million euros. Now, that seems way high for a player in the last year of his contract and he's 29. I'm hoping that's the whole package. Like that's everything. Because I would be trying to get this player out for nothing if I was ever in. You know, Real Madrid are obviously looking, you know, trying to get players off the books. I know people go, it's only 22 million. Wages. With the wages and with whatever you're already trying to do with Alan and the Coray. It just seems like, that seems like too high for me. Especially when it's at a position which I write. I mean, he's like a traditional number 10 or he could play in a three behind the one off front. And the wing as well. Flexible. We can use him, he's flexible and is he going to improve our squad and that's something he's going to improve. I think yes, significantly in that sense to what we've got now. I think like he would be a massive improvement. But I know what you're saying and we talk about Marcel Brands and the director of football and what we're looking to do at Evan is bringing in these players from different countries. Young bringing them through, getting them, you know, maybe I'm selling them on for big profit or whatever. And he doesn't fit the mould. Neither does Alan or the Coray really either. They're all sort of towards the latter stages of their careers and stuff and it doesn't fit the mould of what we really think Evan would be doing. However, I think with what we need to try and achieve quite quickly, Evan, and obviously need to be finding themselves back in Europe, that's like a bare minimum. I think with the manager we've got and what we want to do, the ground, all the rest of it, I think we need to bring in people like him that's going to add that experience straight away and same with Alan and the Coray as well. But yeah, 22 million for me, that's a lot of money. That's where we find ourselves. The reason we've become in a lot of this mess is because we've spent big on players and now teams maybe clubs are going to Evan and come on. Don't get me wrong, that's only a figure that I've seen. That's the only figure I've seen. That's the only reason why I'm quoting it. But it is, that's what I'm saying. I'm like, as a player and as an experienced and I think commercially would be huge for us. Share sales, Colombia. I've already had someone from ESPN in Colombia asking for us to do a video for them. Just like a quick update. Keep your eyes shut in there, Colombia. If you're in Colombia, keep your eyes out for that one. I want to see myself dubbed. Yeah please, get that to us. So the positives are experienced player, talented player, commercially huge. I think he's got like 46 million followers on different social media. And now listen, that doesn't matter if you can't play football. But you know what I mean. He brings in that interest. Big name. But then again, it's like, yeah, but he's 29. Yeah. Like you're supposed to be getting away from those kind of players. Where does he play? How does he fit the system? Is he, you know, can we bring him in and bring in the players that we actually need who are centre midfielders, who are box to box midfielders? Don't get me wrong. I'm always one of these people who says, you know, if you can get talent in while you're trying to get talent in elsewhere, you're bringing what you can, you can't always. You've got to have like a twin track approach. You've got to be able to go, well, I'm over there getting that, but I'm over there getting that at the same time. But it does smell a little bit of like what we've been trying to get away from. Yeah. And don't get me wrong, there's room for bringing players in. I want to bring Alan in East 29. So, but it's that idea of like, we've got so many already at the club that it seems like it can seem like a luxury of that. Do you know what I mean? Like if we didn't have Sigarton, if we didn't have Delft, if we didn't have Wolcott, if we didn't have all these players, Bellassie, Bessage, Sandro, if we didn't have all these players that we were trying to get rid of, then I'd be like, I'd be all day for it. I'd be absolutely all day. Liverpool champions of England, at least still champions of Europe, I'm not sure. They're still throwing the trophy. In their eyes, they will be. Still throwing the trophy. They're going out and buying like a 29, 30-year-old midfielder who's just won the Champions League because he brings valuable experience to our team. He changed it. They can do that. For Osama, I'm still a little bit like, can we do that? But listen, Carlo Ancelati knows the player. Exactly. He wants the player and if we do get him, I think it would be huge. The other negatives are, I think he has only played once since October. He's been out of favour, aren't he? He's had injuries as well. They put me off. So I'm very much on the fence on this. I don't know if he signs or not. If he signs me, I'll be buzzing because I think at this point as well, given how desperate we are all to see signings being made because we know the seasons are literally right around the corner. Quite frankly, it's glaringly obvious that we need vast improvements to the squad. So I think seeing a name like that coming and just getting that first one done and dusted would give us all a massive boost. I'm with you that there's definitely pros and cons to be seen, but the fact about him playing for Ancelati, actually, I think that's a huge thing. Alan Hammers-Redrigas, I'm going to call him James again then. I think it just changes the psyche within the squad as well. Ancelati's come in, it's very much a concoction of so many different managers players. Not only would these players that come in and be his signings, but their players that will play for him, they know him. In that sense, for now, so much needs to happen if we're trying to be a success next season. So if he can bring in players and trusts, knows how to get the best out of, I hope it's not for a fee like 22 million because that's the big off-putting thing in it. If everything could get him for a nominal fee, I suppose, I think that's what they'll be negotiating now. I don't know what a nominal fee is for something like that. Is it 10 million? We got Delph last year, similar age, one year left on his concert, that was 8 million. That's Delph, this is Hammers-Redrigas. So it might have to go up, but also, what's his contract like at Real Madrid? Is it huge? Are they trying to just get rid of him off the books? Because he's on silly money? So I'm hoping that that 22 million is nonsense and it's a lot lower and it's bonus and centrefied for the player on his wages and all that kind of thing. So it's going to be interesting. He's been linked with a lot of clubs. He was very, very close to going to so we'll have to wait and see how genuine this becomes in the next couple of days, but it's a very, very interesting one. It's got everything fans talking and I think it's got the press talking, it's got the media talking as well. This is the thing, everything dropped off, I feel. After the restart, we didn't have the best of times and the signings has not been anything. It's good to have a bit of life around us as well, but as you rightly say as well, you've got in this squad still on massive wages, it's like that's the kind of griping thing a little bit. I feel like I feel like, certainly from the media point of view, probably a lot of fans, people are waiting for the Carl and Ancelotti revolution to start and I think this would be almost like a sign of that because it doesn't feel like a massive brand signing. It feels like an Ancelotti signing. I don't know what that means for massive brands but I'm sure it's happening and he's all on board on it. Let us know your thoughts. Do you think he'll fit in at Everton? Do you think he's the right buy at the right time? Are you worried about his age? Are you worried about the price? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Don't forget to check out Sarah on her channel. I'll link that in the description. Give this video a like, subscribe if you haven't already and if you want more great videos, join us on page. Thank you for watching. See you later.