Brennan Johnson Set For Medical Ahead Of Dwight McNeil Swap! | Everton News Daily

Welcome to Toffee TV. It is the Everton news daily. Dwight McNeil and Brennan Johnson are set to swap clubs with Dwight McNeil heading to Crystal Palace and Brennan Johnson joining the Toffees. This is a straight swap. We are informed, no cash involved. It's one of them where Palace are desperate for the player to to leave um due to his wages um and you know, the way they just It hasn't worked. He's been there since January. They paid over 30 million for him in January from Spurs. And they just want to draw the line under it. Uh and they see a straight swap with with Evan for Dwight McNeil as as the best way to do it. Dwight McNeil uh not got too long left on his contract, obviously. He was set to join Crystal Palace in January as well on on transfer deadline day. >> [snorts] >> It fell through. They just couldn't get the deal done in time. Uh they were look Evan were looking for 20 million at the time. I think this this this represents good business for both clubs. Um it mightn't seem like that, but both players are in need of a fresh start. Even though Brennan Johnson hasn't been at at Palace that long, but both players are in the need of a fresh start. And for me, I just see it as getting a free player without worrying too much about it um because Dwight McNeil is surplus to requirements at Everton. It's as simple as that. He needs a fresh challenge um and we're not going to use him. So, for me, it's just get like getting a free a free player. Yes, if we'd hung on, maybe someone would have come on come come in for Dwight. But would that have been enough money to go and get another player? This to me is just the simplest solution to both to both issues. Um Palace have got a lower the um wage bill I think as well with playing in Europe. That's uh you know, it's it's it's slightly they have slightly less when it comes to less money to play when it when it comes to Europe. So, hopefully this gets done in the next 24 hours or so. Both players I believe to be having medicals today. So, I'm sure both clubs want this wrapped up quickly. As they both teams obviously face each other um in just under 2 weeks time, the first game of the season at Hill Dickinson Stadium. So, hopefully this one will be done uh by tomorrow tomorrow, yeah. Um Everton obviously played at the weekend. They were beaten at Stuttgart. Tyreek wasn't an unused sub in that game. Uh beaten 3-1. Um That doesn't tell the full story. Everton had some really good uh periods in the game certainly in the first half. There was a 20-25 minute period where Everton could have genuinely have scored four or five goals. I suppose that highlights one of the issues that Everton have got is is scoring goals. Um Beto and Gylfi are missing a few chances. Um and we just couldn't put it in and they got the first and got they got an early second. We did get one back obviously through Body from the penalty spot. After winning the penalty and they scored the late third um when the game was a little bit all over the place after the subs, which generally does happen in friendlies. It wasn't a bad one. Now, I am not putting too much stock in these friendlies whether we win or whether we lose. I think we know what we need and it's up to us to go and get it really. It's as simple as that. So, we'll have to wait and see whether whether we can get those deals, but the likes of Harrison Armstrong and and Tyler Onyango, um probably his best performance in an Everton shirt since he signed 12 months ago. Uh albeit being a friendly, but he looked like the player we signed. So, yeah, good run out good run out for the likes of Jarrad Branthwaite, who obviously captained the side. Um disappointing for the likes of Isaac Onyango, he started the game at center back and then had to move to right back with Séamus Coleman going off with an injury. Not sure what that injury yet or how severe it is, but he went off with an injury, so it was a good run out and obviously we're on to Wednesday now, where we go back to Scotland to play Newcastle United on Wednesday 5:15 kickoff. Having a happy birthday to the right back today, Héctor Fort, the Barcelona right back, 20-year-old, was on loan at Elche last season. Uh played 17 games. The deal, apparently, 10 million euros. Uh Fulham also interested, and obviously they've got a new Spanish coach, so you can understand why, but uh yeah, we've been we will be continued to be linked with right backs left, right, and center till we actually sign a right back. Uh familiar face back at Finch Farm today, Tom Davies, back training with the under-21s. Tom is without a club after being released by Sheffield United at the end of the season. Uh had some injury problems at Sheffield United. Done well, according to the Sheffield United fans, and that's obviously always a good way of gauging it, the fan base, but his injuries just um wouldn't settle down. When he got on a little run, he'd be back out again, but he's staying with the under-21s, and nice to see him back. Uh he's looking for a new club, obviously. That new club, I don't think will be Everton, but he's looking for a new club and he's trying to get that fitness in preseason to get himself a help get him help him get a club uh and hopefully he will do that. And Idrissa Gana Gueye was officially announced yesterday with Saudi side Al Ettifaq. It was announced yesterday. He'd obviously put a message out to the Everton fans as well on social media thanking them for his time at Everton, which was a really nice gesture. It'd be lovely to see him back at some point um at the club whether that be you know, be nice to see some kind of testimonial but like Seamus and he's involved and um but we've officially got the confirmation that he would uh he would be signing for the Saudi side. And just on Seamus Coleman he has been linked with a sensational move back to playing Gaelic football in Ireland. Uh he's apparently been training with a Gaelic football side and this led to people believing that he might take up the sport again. He played the sport in his teens basically all the way up to becoming uh a a footballer essentially. And there there was reports and I don't know if he he he he he could do that. Don't think there's any official word on that. But uh it could it could happen. And finally, Everton have announced details of a October Octoberfest event at Hill Dickinson Stadium called Doc-toberfest. It is happening on the 3rd of October at the stadium. It's an all-day event uh all day on the Saturday. Um so if that's something that you'd like to get involved in, something that you'd like to go and see, it's happening at Hill Dickinson Stadium. All the details are on Everton's website if you'd like to get down to the stadium and then participate in basically a day of drinking and eating. Which sounds just sounds That just sounds amazing, doesn't it? So, um get over to Evan's website and and find out all the details. There you go, that's all the news from today. Give this video a like. Subscribe if you haven't already for more great videos. Get over to Toffee TV Premier. The link is in the description. QR code comes on screen. I'll see you later.