 Welcome to ToffeeTV. This is an Alan update. I feel like there should be some news, some breaking news sound there. It does sound like this is getting very, very close by. It sounds like we're on the verge. I'm sure people are watching. Oh yeah, we know we're on the verge but maybe just to calm people down a little bit and hopefully get it across that, you know, it sounds like it's a done deal but it's not completely sorted and over the line yet. Yeah, obviously we've looked at it. We've had it on the news. We focused on it when we done our centre midfield update, you know, transfer things for each position Alan was there. They started back in January, didn't they, with when obviously the transfer window opened and he was linked heavily with the move then in January to Everton and it's gone on month by month it seems. There's the connections there and he'd fallen out of favour a little bit with Gattuso at Napoli. I think the whole relationship with Napoli I think the crack started to appear when they wouldn't let them go to PSG, when PSG wanted them. And I think since then things have been on a bit of a downward spiral. I think PSG inquired about them again in January and Napoli wouldn't let them go. But obviously the links have been there with Everton all the way along and this always felt like, this always felt like Ancelotti's key sign and almost the one to come in, the one you trust, the one who knows formation and stuff like that. And that's how it's been going along and I know that when Andy's in we have a little bit of a laugh with Andy about age and stuff like that. But I think even Andy's agreed, it's the kind of sign that you would expect a manager of Ancelotti's quality to make because he's a tone setter. And so as that's gone on month by month and it's looked more lightly and more lightly. At first the numbers bounced around 60 million, 50 million, didn't ever, it was never going to happen. And then over the weekend we had kind of almost a breakthrough didn't we? It's thought to be around 25 million euros, that's including add-ons for a player who's 29. And I think you know we've had, obviously over the weekend we've had De La Renta saying it's basically done, our end's done, the two clubs have agreed on the terms. And what we're up to now is obviously the personal terms, which you know that you see particularly Mr Shearer, Shearer, not Alan Shearer, Nicola on Twitter saying how personal terms agreed months ago and all that. It's never the case with footballers because once there's agreement with a club the agents then fine tune those details. And I think that's where we're up to at the moment, there's an agreement in place with the two clubs. Alan will become an Everton player once the final bits of the personal terms and subject to medical of course. Yeah it's interesting I think that you mentioned there about you know this one's been mentioned quite a few times as we've been going along. And as has Hamas Rodriguez at different stages as well. I mentioned it when we got a remember, he said when we got anti-Latvians Rodriguez ain't coming back. I was saying it something. But sometimes that's what happens isn't it sometimes you have like that kind of that story that'll just pop up now and again and now he's been a lot like hotter than obviously Hamas Rodriguez but you always feel like the manager's been keeping an eye on these players because these are the ones that he really wants it. The players that could change up the squad even with the Corey as well he's always like you think about the last couple of years that's been bubbling off for the last couple of years hasn't it. Even just like in passing I remember when we played them when we drew the game we drew 2-2 and D scored that last minute and he scored and everyone was like that's what we need and even we had gone at the time and I remember people just come but that's what we need we need a player who's all over the pitch and it's funny the way some things just sometimes in football just stick around just stay around them you can change the manager and all kinds but these things just stay around so yeah Allens as we've said before on other videos he's definitely the player that the manager wants to come in and be that you know he mentioned didn't he mentioned that he mentioned that evolution rather than revolution and you think well if you buy if you bring three players in that that is an evolution that is that's not going mad that's bringing in three players or they're about stacking change things up for you and and start what I mean by that is start making the team the rest of the team and this is what we say when we have these conversations with Andy and I know there's we put a video the other day that was on one of our live at five it's that idea of you don't need to rip up the team and start again you just have to show them what the manager wants and sometimes this has always been my sort of philosophy or idea on this especially with leadership and and bringing in players who might be older is sometimes you need somebody just set the bar who shows everybody what the manager wants can explain it and can explain explain it but sometimes you need that fella who knows who just knows how to do it and I'm hoping that certainly with Alan and then maybe maybe with the other signings and that's what happens and all the other players just suddenly it suddenly clicks into place suddenly we start seeing players pressing in groups and doing exactly what the manager wants and hopefully that's the case and I think getting this one over the line would be the the first one and it will you know it's I think that's when I don't think fans get excited about these kind of signings in like or what are we going to say on the pitch he's going to do this and do that but the excited I think the excited fans because they go yes the manager's starting to get his his hands on this team yeah I think he I think he will he'll make a massive difference I think to us if he can replicate the form he's shown through the lazy amphonopoly because he's he's like a little bit of a mixture of everything I think he's he might have said it before and it's an old reference but he reminds me of Peter E when Peter E came into ever and that type of player who'd set the tempo go after the ball he can do a lot of things he's a good passer at the ball he can dribble he likes to tackle you know seeing Donut just in talking about him the other day he's added nails and he'll give everything this and that and sometimes when you have that player going to do it to a certain extent set the tempo because you go hurrying and things like that and this fella does it I mean we've got a the thing we used on the centre midfield video which is like you know tackles in the midfield third over 1.76 I think evidence midfielders at the moment are all under one way under one so it's almost double what we're seeing at the moment so that's an improvement presses in the middle third 15 and a half a game you know where there's we're probably averaging six maybe at the moment possession is just the pair nice he's having interceptions he's almost at six and how garner you should be around six or seven some games you'd be ten others you'd be three progressive passes seven and a half and the progressive runs 1.23 so his numbers are good his numbers are better than what we've got at the moment and that's what initially that's what you look about look for when you bring a player in is he better than what we've got it isn't you don't want it to be just marginally better because then you're going backwards but he's very different the one thing we've said many times whoever we've had in here arm and field plays we have all the same this is why gabamon mother made a big difference because he's very different to what we've got but the ones we have at the moment are all similar they all do like a similar job he doesn't he does a very different job and you mentioned the core ideas another one who does a very different job get around the pitch get into the penalty area of course goes well listen the three names you've just mentioned they've called him until he got those three and it's looking very positive at the moment i would be delighted because i've said all along we need the two centre midfield players and someone to play off the right rodríguez has played a lot of his games off the right hand side okay he's not a pacy dynamic winger but he's a supremely talented footballer who can come inside as well and he's got a great left foot it would why that would give me comfort is because and this is just the very selfish thing but it's the manager saying what i'm saying looking at that midfield and going that's horrific we need a two that's not good and he's gone on and he's trying to get two in there we need something off that side bang he's done that immediately and i think that gives you that confidence gabamon to come back as well gabamon as well you've got Gomez has got it up his game you're good enough mate off your pot you know so i think that's good but this fella seems now like we said before the gremans are in place with the clubs they're president once they say it's basically done i think it's probably one or two details with his agent and then it'll be a medical probably possibly tomorrow maybe i don't know next 24 48 hours get him done i mean i'd love to see him haven't i've got a game on saturday against Preston i'd love to see him even if it was 25 minutes at the end of the game he's been training so you know he's probably okay well he's only finished the season three or four weeks yeah of course yeah a couple of weeks ago so so you know hopefully this week we will get this time it look it's looking very likely now i think once once the downs are the finer details it's it's medical medical pendant alan will be coming ever and playing it's a really good sign let us know your thoughts you're excited for alan it's coming to everton is the kind of player we need and i'm in obviously as well he's 29 are you worried about the sell-on value gotta throw it out there you gotta ask the question let us know your thoughts in the comments don't forget to um stay tuned keep an eye out for toffee tv for all the latest when it breaks on any of these players we are after don't forget give this video a like subscribe and if you want more videos live videos live videos to talk about it to get involved to talk about all these players with us to get your points across join us on page and the link is in the description and you can sign up for a year now you can 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