Everton in talks to play in Sydney Super Cup during World Cup
Everton could become the fourth and final team to enter the Sydney Super Cup which is due to take place during the Qatar World Cup, according to Kick 360.
Celtic have already agreed to be the other competitor from the UK to take on Western Sydney Wanderers and Syndey FC in a homecoming for Hoops boss Ange Postecoglu.
Their Old Firm rivals Rangers were due to be the fourth team in the friendly tournament but they faced enormous backlash from their fanbase and subsequently backed out of making the pilgrimage down under.
Instead, Everton are now in talks to make the 17,000km journey to Australia to take the Bears’ place in the competition which would be the club’s first trip to the country since 2010.
The tournament is set to take place between 16-20 November as top-flight football takes a break during the World Cup and the Syndey Super Cup is planned to be a tournament where Frank Lampard can experiment with some lesser-used players.
Career-defining
It might only be seen as a friendly tournament to us as supporters but for some of the youngsters and fringe players at Goodison Park, it could be the period of time that defines their career.
There is a very good chance that the majority of our senior squad will be called up for the World Cup which will lead to some of the Everton Under-21s squad needing to make the step up to senior football.
For some of those youngsters, they could light up the Sydney Super Cup and find themselves suddenly in Lampard’s plans when the Premier League restart on Boxing Day.
Anthony Gordon made the leap from the academy to the first team last season and he is just the latest to do so but this brief foray to the land down under could be the making of someone a bit special.
Considering we will have nothing better to do as a club during that time, this might be the best thing we do all season.