This is all well and good, but people need a break for their own health. It's great and all that Richarlison is making himself available, apparently, but he will not be able to perform to his best without proper rest and recreation. Let's not be duped here. The lad put playing in the Copa America in the middle of a grotesque Brazilian pandemic and then in the pitiful Olympic football tournament ahead of resting, recovering, and preparing for the season ahead. He's made his choice. He can dress it up now as some form of sacrifice for Everton by not taking a holiday, but that's window dressing. Everybody needs a break. Richarlison simply decided to forego his - which will now impact his club - to chase international honours. In a normal season, with no pandemic, nobody could argue about him going off to the Copa. It is a major tournament. The Olympics? Nah, sorry. An under-23 circus that few outside South America take remotely seriously.
If he really wanted to give something back to Everton, he'd cry off the next set of World Cup qualifiers and take a holiday then. But he won't. I hope Benitez sends him away on a break now and tells him get his head right. The last thing we need now is him coming back and stinking the place out - or worse, getting injured. He needs a rest, even a break for mental health reasons and to avoid burnout, if not a physical break.