Jarrad Branthwaite’s future at Everton is under intense scrutiny as transfer rumours heat up ahead of the summer window. The young defender has impressed with his performances this season, attracting attention from top clubs both in the Premier League and abroad.
With Everton facing a crucial period, the potential sale of Branthwaite could raise significant funds, but the club will have a tough decision to make as they weigh up whether to cash in or keep hold of a key emerging talent.
To get more insight on Branthwaite’s situation and what it means for Everton, we spoke to Will Rooney of LiverpoolWorld.
With Everton facing a crucial period, the potential sale of Branthwaite could raise significant funds, but the club will have a tough decision to make as they weigh up whether to cash in or keep hold of a key emerging talent.
To get more insight on Branthwaite’s situation and what it means for Everton, we spoke to Will Rooney of LiverpoolWorld.
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00:00Jared Brantway's future at Everton is under intense scrutiny as transfer rumours are heating
00:08up ahead of the summer window. The underfender is impressed with his performances last season
00:14and now this, attracting attention from top clubs both in the Premier League and abroad.
00:22With Everton facing a crucial period, the potential sale of Brantway could raise significant
00:27funds, but the club will have a tough decision to make as they weigh up whether to cash in
00:33or keep hold of key emerging talent. To get more insight on Brantway's situation and what
00:38it means for Everton, I spoke to Will Rooney of Liverpool World.
00:42And let's just look at Jared Brantway in terms of his Everton career. I mean, obviously last
00:49season he was incredible and that sort of huge price tag was put on him. He obviously
00:55missed out on the last England squad in terms of Thomas Tuchel's first camp. Where does
01:00it sort of leave him in terms of his future career? Because, you know, you looked at him
01:04last season and you thought maybe, you know, he could be the real future of the England
01:08backline and Everton have a real gem on their hands. And, you know, what sort of not worked
01:13as well this season for him? Because it's not been as standout as a campaign, but he
01:18has still played a fair amount of minutes.
01:23I don't think it was straightforward from the start this season because he underwent
01:27that operation in the summer. It took longer than expected to come back. And then when
01:33he did come back, he was back on the treatment table again. And then it took a while for
01:39him to get his rhythm back. He has got that back recently, but I still think it took longer
01:50than expected for him to really hit his peak again. He is playing in a side that has conceded
01:56very few goals and you can understand why he was disappointed not to have been in that
02:00England squad, especially when you see someone like Gerald Quanter, who has not played much
02:05at all for Liverpool this season in the Premier League. Gerard Bramfwaite has played when
02:10he has been fit, probably almost every minute for Everton. Left footer, so it gives that
02:16additional balance to the squad. I know reports, as you mentioned, saying that he may be asked
02:25to consider his future at Everton if he wants to get into the England squad. I think that's
02:31a little bit of hyperbole, to be honest with you, because Jordan Pickford has never lost
02:38his place as a single and as number one while Everton have been battling relegation for
02:44how many seasons. There have been plenty of Everton players in the England squad in recent
02:53years, Phil Jagielka, Liam Baines, Donna Calvert-Lew, there was obviously anyone scoring all those
02:59goals before the Euros. Another thing is maybe the captains, England's under-21s in the second
03:06game against Portugal and with the Euros in the summer, the under-21s, maybe the plan
03:14is to have kept them there and got them around the group again, because England want to go
03:21and win that tournament and get them integrated again with the players to go and win that
03:28tournament, because if Gerard Bramfwaite is going to be a big player for England in the
03:32future, then tournament experience, no matter what level you're at, is absolutely vital.
03:40If he can go and win another under-21, just like he did a couple of years ago with England,
03:44then that will be big for England's future. I will be disappointed because there are centre-halves,
03:51as I say, the one for me was Gerard Kwan, so it was a surprise that he was head of Bramfwaite,
04:00but Evan are clearly on a much better trajectory under David Moyes and I don't think Gerard
04:06Bramfwaite of England will have to leave, so I can't play for England, that's a bit ridiculous
04:11for me, but if an offer came in the summer, would Evan have to consider it? Well, I think
04:18every player has his price, David Moyes has come out and said that clubs will need a big
04:22bag of money and it wouldn't be a surprise if Evan were looking to maybe tie down Bramfwaite
04:28in the next few months to a new deal, if he didn't sign that one all that long ago, but
04:33you want to keep your assets and with Evan over the PSR issues for the most part, then
04:39they'll want to build a team around a player like Gerard Bramfwaite.