Everton face potential club-versus-country issue over Richarlison

We'll know more by June 1, the deadline for determining whether the Olympics will even be held.

I don't think he should play in both though as Everton will no doubt suffer when he's burnt out.

Maybe a chance for Moise Kean to step up and get a run of games?

Very encouraging if true, I just wish others had as much commitment as him, but no doubt the Summer will see a decent re-shuffle without infringing FFP Rules.

Clubs such as ours and others around the world existed long before these International "Organising" bodies, who take our players for free and make profit from them we'll never see and in the process exhaust them.

If the clubs and the leagues told them were to go they and the players would just have to accept it, but I'm dreaming!

1) With the spread of the coronavirus running headlong towards becoming a world pandemic, many an international sporting event faces the very real possibility of being totally cancelled.

In particular, I consider this year's Formula One race calendar under real threat. It entails transporting 1000s of people and equipment of every possible nationality between multiple countries every 1-2-3 weeks.

That is a moving petri dish which could facilitate and accelerate the spread of the virus.

There is a helluva lot of money invested in the F1 roadshow, but it shouldn't talk loud enough to permit the travelling circus to potentially spread the virus around the globe.

Unless and until the spread of the coronavirus diminishes, or an antedote is found, ALL sporting events are under threat of being cancelled.

(And how delicious would it be if the PL season could not be completed this year and all results null and voided..? Just putting it out there).

Italian Serie A games already cancelled. The rugby international between Ireland and Italy likewise. This is just the start.

2) Even if all events go ahead, no player can be expected to play in two summer tournaments in the same year. It also occured at the last Olympics here in Brazil when it coincided with the Copa America.

Neymar very much wanted to compete in his home Olympics, naturally, and it was agreed between all parties - the player himself, Barcelona and the Brazil national team - that he would play the Olympics but not the Copa America.

Commonsense will prevail. Richarlison will simply not be allowed by Everton to compete in both.

PS - as already pointed out, the Copa America is not now an annual event as stated in the opening post. It has had a very scatty and variable schedule in its history, but they are staging the tournament again this year with the intention of aligning it with the Euros to take place every four years to reduce its impact on the international calendar.

And if he gets tired, hey, he's 22, he'll get over it.

Anyway how are you and your family, especially your wife, is she still in China?, if not, I hope she gets back soon to help you pack your bags for your next trip to Liverpool, very best wishes and good health to you and your family, hope to see you soon.

I still hope to make it over and visit you this spring. Appreciate the good wishes, my friend.

Is this basically a permanent curfew? If so, how do they get food?

I understand what you're going through, at the time of Fukushima disaster in Japan I had family there and close Fukushima.

Snowflakes: Don't bother, Mike knows me well, as I do him so I know how he'll take my comment. :-)

Brian (23) Man. United had their pants pulled down over McGuire, like us with Sigurdsson.

Mike (24),yes he works hard off the ball and is possibly underrated, I’d say he was overrated with his work on the ball, still plays in blinkers plenty of times, never sees better positioned team mates, shoots instead of passing, passes instead of shooting.

But to go back to the original argument, I still think Brazil get the better of the deal and when he comes back after playing for them in the summer, that will be two solid years without a break and we will suffer again, even if he doesn’t get the mumps like last summer.

We are not going to agree on this one, Playing for Brazil has undoubtedly helped his development including building confidence. There are very few forwards of his type who can play anywhere across the front line, excellent in the air as well as on the floor.

He will consistently get well into double-figure tallies each season and if he had a creative midfield supporting him would probably get many more. Given his tender age we have a diamond on our hands.

Mike #15

Hope your family keep safe and well.

What worries me is the Argentines and other South American countries whose players like to disable skillful, attacking opponents. If he comes back knackered, but in one piece and committed to the Toffees I'll be happy.

I think his rising value and his importance to the team, it's gonna be extremely hard to stop him playing both tournaments. The lad will no doubt already know his value, Everton can not afford to piss the lad off. That's the world we live in.

To be fair, it's not him that we should be irritated with, the governing bodies allowing the Copa America to change in an Olympic year is just shitty. Wadda ya gonna do?

Look at Sanchez, he's a wreck after running himself into the ground, after a similar situation surfaced with back to back Copa America, Confederations Cup, and World Cup. He's a shell of a player.

You can only hope he gets good advice.

Brian #18, the nearest thing to a Hooters this little town has is a gas station that sells fried chicken. Hooters is about 300 miles from here.

I hope we can hold onto him for a good few years and get a player on the opposite side in the same bracket. Even with DCL up top or maybe we see the reason Kean is so highly rated, that would be a forward line to be reckoned with

He’s a good player, hopefully he will get better, there’s plenty of scope for improvement, I’ve no real argument with him playing for Brazil, I’m saying it will be to detriment of Everton.

Martin (37), you hold on to that consistently exceptional that you see in your minds eye, he must be terrific, back in the real world I’ll continue to watch a good player who hopefully gets better and more consistent.