 Welcome to Toffy TV. Obviously, we've got the sad news that Richarlison has left Everton to join Tottenham Hotspair. Yeah, four years come to an end. Obviously a very talented player, a player who gives us all for Everton. Obviously he's wanting to take the next step in his football career, at obviously 25, obviously midway into his football career. Yeah, he's summed it up quite nicely. He's come in, done really well, double figures every year and moves on. It's sad because you don't want to see a better player leaving a football club, but I think we were expecting him to move on, really. We knew he'd have to sell one of those big hitters this summer, and he was the most attractive one, obviously. I think it might have been a little bit different, had Dominic Alverloo not being injured for most of last season. He might have been the one attracting the pitch, but the flip side of that is Richarlison does want to move on. So it's sad, and it's sad that the football club are in the position they're in, where they've ended up having to sell them by a certain date, it seems. Yeah, it's interesting you mentioned Dominic Alverloo in there. It's interesting, isn't it, because I think we all thought that teams were going to come in for a Arsenal. Obviously it had been heavily linked, and that really just hasn't happened at all. It's funny because I think what we saw in those last two or three months of the season is probably accelerated the move for Richarlison, because that form that he displayed, and not only the form, I think the attitude as well. There's been question marks, and you still see these question marks around from people who don't watch Everton, is that he's sulky, and he has an attitude problem. And yes, the way moments, of course, when he played for Everton, where he was a little bit immature. I think we saw that at the beginning of the season, when it was a Brighton, where he had the penalty of the Barker, where he wanted the penalty, and Dom ended up getting in and scoring it. But I think in the last few months of the season, I think we saw that, we saw a player take full responsibility for what was happening on the pitch. He even came out and said, stick with us, I'll keep yours up. And I think that slight adjustment in his attitude has really shown people, and certainly Conti, that he will be a valuable member for obviously a team we're going to be playing in the Champions League. Definitely, yes. I mean, Conti, he seems a Conti player, doesn't he? Well, he'll work hard, gives everything when he's on the pitch. He has got quality, he can be better. Of course, he can, I don't think he creates as much as what he should, but then having Harry Kane on the end of summer at stuff will probably accelerate that. But for Spears, it's a fantastic sign, because you look at the front-men they've got, they've got Kane, they've got Sun, they've got Culevesce, they've got Matialys, they've also got Perisic. And as of now, they've still got, like, Lucas Morer and people like that, so they've got an embarrassment of it just really going off. You know, them trying to actually get a trophy or to, you know, do well in the league. They had a good season last season. So, he's gone to a club in the Champions League, got a great manager, some good players, and for him that's a step up. And it's convenient for Everton as well, and that's the big thing, is that it suits Everton's needs right now, which is another conversation altogether. But, you know, it's equally grim, really. And we've got to this point, it's been poor, really poor by the football club. Terrible decisions, terrible running of the club. But it's resulted in him going, but it's come at a time when he wants to move on as well, because he's looked back at Everton and gone. I think of Everton and the, some are being able to get in, like, the conference league or something this season. I think he'd have stayed there, he's been quite happy. He wants to play in Europe, he wants to play in a big conversation. Yeah, I think he's got ambition. He's always backed himself. He said, when he came to Everton, you know, a few months ago or whatever it was, he said, I want to be a starter for Brazil. And at that time, it just seemed nonsensical. And he won the Copa America with them. He won a gold medal at the Olympics. He's obviously secured this place to go to the World Cup with them. You know, there's obviously no doubt about that. You know, he's a big favourite amongst the squad. He brings a lot of energy to that Brazilian squad. So he got that nail down, and he said he wanted to play Champions League as well. And, you know, he's stated numerous times that he wanted to do that with Everton. But like you've just mentioned there, the circumstances just aren't just going to, they're not set up for that. And they won't be set up for that for a while and the thing. I think something you understand as you get older, as a person is, and you watch football, is football's careers are so fleeting. They really are. He's 25, he's halfway through his football career. And he's reached his goals and his ultimate goal for Brazil will be playing at that World Cup. So he's reached those kind of levels, won a couple of trophies. But obviously you want to test yourself. And I think he probably thinks, well, I'm leaving Everton actually at a good place for where he is in terms of how he's held up with the fan base. You know, the last one we had leave was Lukaku and, you know, when he left it, you know, for a lot of people that left their, you know, poor taste in their mouth. Just because of the way it was handled and how it was, you know, we never signed the contract. So we'd sort of, we'd known for months. And obviously that relationship, it wasn't the same. But with Richarlison, you know that that relationship's there. And a lot of people are going to understand. Like you just said, because of the stuff going on at the club as well, you know, in a way, it's another one of those. Well, he's helping, helping save the football club or saving its position at where it is. And so I think he leaves with everyone's best wishes. Obviously he wants, you know, he puts the shirt on on the team and it's a different story. But I don't think anyone's going to be sitting there going, you know, out there you leave Everton football club because ultimately, if you can't offer players what they want or you can't build towards that or show promise when they do get to the likes of 25, then, of course, they want to go past his new, you know. This is probably something we're going to encounter where we did think we were going to encounter with Dominic Harbour. And we will have to encounter Dominic Harbour if things don't change very, very quickly for this football club. So it's really, really sad. But as I said, he said he was going to keep us up on a time when I don't think a lot of us actually believed it was going to happen. So I think for a lot of people we, you know, he leaves with our best wishes. No, he does, but it's, I mean, it's sad. It's not sad for the kids because they'll be experienced. Absolutely. Absolutely. Him going and, you know, thinking of Zach, you know, my lad, he'll be gutted because he loves someone. Absolutely. It's the way he is, isn't he? You've got to get used to that because that's, we've had that happen before. We've had that happen before. We've had that with Gary Lynych, when I was a kid, and players just going right away through people. I've always gone conchels, just dunk, you know, runy, lycachu, you know, you can go through. They've all gone peanut, I've just got to win peanut. If you get older and you're just like, do you want to go on them? Do you want to move on? But it's still it. It's a reflection on the, on our football club. Of course it's not. It's, it's, you know, you look at it and go, you don't ever want to see you go play. So talking to the red, the red men, that's about man I leave and them and you know, there are a time when they're like a top side and you want to go for it to do something different. So players do move and they don't always move because it's something better or because they're awful sometimes. They move because they want to do something different and it is gutting for us because I think, I think a lot of people will be more disappointed because it's space who they won't perceive as a bigger club. They never know whatever but right now talking about a better team than ever. Got everything better, better players, better stadium. It is, it's a slightly different one, but I think people felt a little bit like this when Lescott went to Manchester City. And I know that it is slightly different because what we've seen in the city do, they haven't had the, and I think they were, but they were buying better players to become that team that they eventually, they are now. And I think it is similar to that, but with obviously, you know, with seeing what Manchester City have done or what Chelsea have done or whoever, certainly if a club are in the Champions League, you have to just go, yeah. Well, it's more likely to win a trophy at Spairs in years 11. Absolutely. So at this moment in time, isn't it? So therefore that's, and he's in the Champions League next season. Like we said, I think if anything would have been able to do what they should have done with all the money they've had, they should have been able to put themselves in a position where they're in the Champions League or challenging for the Champions League place. And the evidence, they've wasted the money, made terrible decisions. He hasn't been one of them. He's been a very good decision to buy. We haven't, unfortunately, most of our signs weren't like with the others and if they would have been in the Champions League or have won something, whether it be an FA Cup or league or whatever. And the evidence, so as much as you're a supporter and you're sitting here and you're like, there's another one going out of the door, you can't really, from his perspective, blame him. You look and go, okay, you know, we just have to get on with it and we do have to get on with it and we will get on with it. And hopefully the money coming in for him will keep the Premier League happy and will give us a bit of freedom to go and get a few players that we need to make us a better side. And ultimately, we might end up being a better team, even with him going and what we were last season because we might be able to bring two or three players in and that make the team stronger than what it was. Yeah, and that would be no reflection on him, by the way. A lot of people will question, a lot of people will say, well, surely it won't be that hard to play when you look at the goals or the assists from maybe last season or the season before. It's not just that, it's intangibles at the time. It's how he rubs off on other players, it's the way he puts in and it's how he's rubbed off on the fans. And like you said before, every generation or whatever, you need a hero, don't you? It doesn't really matter how good they are. Every club has their hero players at that time and it doesn't matter how good they are. If you feel like they are your inspiration on the pitch, then it's hard isn't it? And obviously coming off the back of the end of the season, the iconic pitcher with the flare, that's almost like the bond between the fans at the time where obviously the fans were trying to get the atmosphere going and the busch welcomes and stuff and obviously the blue smoke was a big representation of that and seeing him with it, it was like that bond and it'll be hard for a lot of people. It's just because of the player but because of how it reflects on your football team and as you mentioned earlier, Spears in the Champions League though and a lot of people might say, you were Spears, you know what? Where Spears are right now is where I'd absolutely love to be as an Evertonian and they've done it in the right way and the people at the top of the club have made sure that they've got there and they've had their ups and downs and people have had to go with them at times and maybe they should have but they've kept the squad together pretty much last few years and they've bobbed up and down and kept their best players and they're in the Champions League again It's always going to be a tough pill to swallow if you dig on to one of the top clubs and to be first baser in the top four I think people would have been happier because it's a PSG or anything but he's in this country and we've just got to get on with him and we have to now see if we can make something good come from it History says we haven't been great at that Let's see what happens Let's just have a look at his numbers from his time at Everton 152 games, 53 goals and 14 assists so one in three as a striker and he's not a proper number nine at it Listen, he's been good he's given us some good days he's scored the goaler from good days we've had some good times he's scored the goaler I'm feeling at that when he was a pain in the ass for Liverpool he won the fans up all of the stuff that everyone loves him for he's done that he's had some great performances on the pitch goals that you think are like that scissor kick against United all of that kind I think loved the goal against Wofford so we hope he doesn't love a goal against Everton we've loved them off at me but there was a real connection with him because he's a social media profile and obviously when he first came he didn't speak any English and we've watched him as he's grown into it in English obviously he still lived within Liverpool pretty much and people have seen him taking his dog for a walk or you know... that's how an Everton you know, open Everton training gear and we've seen him put stuff out on social media and he loves winding reds up and opposition fans and all that stuff is just connected so even if like you don't think he's the greatest player in the world the stuff he does it does feel like he's just like a normal lad enjoying the journey and I think you can get behind that kind of thing someone said, try and ask and we're going to hate him at the end because he will even naturally whine what have you won? what have you won though? what have you won though? that's what he'll be saying because he will whine them up because that's what he does but I hope he doesn't go full-sparesy no I hope he's at like I hope he goes full-sparesy I hope he's a part of the man in two years and then Everton is clubbing it's a part of footballer you always want to be the one like anything when you're leaving a job or maybe a partner or you're leaving a team or whatever you want to be the one that's doing the leaving or doing the selling when it's the other way around even though Everton quite happy for it to happen us as fans probably we weren't that different to leave Everton because once the good players disappear you start fearing for it but we're holding up we've been through it before many times hopefully the next one is around the corner the next one to leave no the next one the next hero well we've still got we've still got time at the club I've doubled down on Dom today I've doubled down and we're in this T-shirts are available I am doubling down on it and like I said before if you're thinking it's because of the Alps and it's going to be absolutely right that's the level of pettyness I'm getting behind today but now good luck to him and you know it's enough for us well it has to be because if we go the other way sad, very sad another hero leaves us do you go and let us know your thoughts in the comments about it listen at least they got it done before any new kits come out so no one gets paid with that on the back of the shirt yeah it's done we can now take whatever money we've got from the sale and try and bring some players into the club and that'll be the next step find some new heroes that's what it's all about the likes of Anthony Gordon can you step up can you take that responsibility and be a homegrown hero that'll be nice wouldn't it so let us know your thoughts in the comments on this one thanks for watching maybe want more great videos exclusive videos head over to Toffy TV Premiere the link is in the description and it's on the screen got two seconds see you later