Fans of Everton were left in stitches after footage from when the Toffees signed Richarlison from Watford emerged on social media.
On Thursday, footage from ESPN FC in which Raphael Honigstein discussed the Toffees paying £50 million for the Brazilian’s services was posted to Twitter (via @nocontextrichy7), which had fans in stitches.
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— No context Richarlison (@nocontextrichy7) April 30, 2020
Nice to hear the opinion of Liverpool fanzine writer @honigstein on an Everton transfer.
— Jorjhuws (@jorjhuws) April 30, 2020
Ha ha the power of hindsight lol bet he feels like a plumb now lol ?
— Sam (@si1774) April 30, 2020
U love to see it
— ??Josh?? (@Richarlison_SZN) April 30, 2020
Has Richarlison proven that he was worth the £50-million outlay yet?Yes, he definitely has doneNo, he hasn't done just yet |
In the footage, Honigstein stated that Everton were prepared to pay “vast sums of money on, perhaps, players that are not quite worth it” before labelling £50 million as a “really weird price tag” (via @nocontextrichy7).
If that was not bad enough, the pundit went on to state that Watford, having received the offer of £50 million, would “drive him up to Everton” themselves as they would “sell him happily for half the money”.
— CJD ?? (@CalDumbell) April 30, 2020
Yes and how this guy said it was a wierd on and now richy is one of our best players in a long time
— duracell battery liquid (@ooooooooooooof0) April 30, 2020
Yes, drive him to us ? pic.twitter.com/7lxs2B7a6l
— MPLS Toffee (@MPLS_Toffee) April 30, 2020
I’d like to say it’s just ESPN but we all know SKY and many others got it just as wrong!?
— Paul (@JustPaul85) April 30, 2020
What do we think?
Since the Toffees secured the services of the 22-year-old Brazilian for £50 million (per BBC) he has scored 26 goals and assisted six in 70 appearances for Everton (per Transfermarkt).
Meanwhile, his 7.32/10 average rating over 27 Premier League appearances this season, which has made Richarlison the best-performing player for the Toffees in the league this term (per WhoScored), is yet further proof that Honigstein may have been wrong.