2023/24 Jarrad Branthwaite

[Goat]

Didn’t this balloon say he’s was off too Man Utd this morning?

Everton have insisted that they will not be bullied into selling Branthwaite on the cheap with claims of a Goodison Park ‘fire sale’ this summer wide of the mark. And given the £80million fee that United paid for Harry Maguire in 2019, the £75million Chelsea paid for Wesley Fofana in 2022 and the £77million Manchester City paid for Josko Gvardiol, the Blues consider their breakthrough star of the season to be in the same bracket.

The ECHO understands that Old Trafford chiefs are now expecting a deal to be done for the centre-back before June 30 although Everton don't expect to lose Branthwaite and are actively planning for him to be with them next season, unless a mega offer comes in. The Manchester Evening News states that United "won't be held to ransom" over the price as they are also in a delicate position around PSR and while they are interested in Branthwaite, they have a number of other centre-backs on their list of targets, including Juventus' Gleison Bremer and Bayer Leverkusen defender Edmond Tapsoba.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Anything less than £60m and they’ve absolutely pulled our pants down. It’d be Rooney all over again. Wonder who our Marcus Bent would be this time.

 

[gixerk6]

Anything less than £60m and they’ve absolutely pulled our pants down. It’d be Rooney all over again. Wonder who our Marcus Bent would be this time.

I’d rather take the point’s deduction than lose him for less than he’s worth to that shower.

 

[Lineker]

100 mil, or take the points deduction which would be made up by having a better quality defense.

 

[Lineker]

Theyll pay it too. They are desperate for a center half.

 

[the golden visionary]

The language they use gets me "transfer fight" when in reality its a bid via email then a reply saying no

 

[pfim]

I wouldn’t blame him, but that would be a horrible move for Branthwaite.

 

[Zatara]

Imagine being the new owners and coming in just after we sold Branthwaite.

The fans would be wondering why they didnt agree with Moshiri to not sell him.

It would be an awful start.

If the 2 evertonians do come in and sell him, theyre finished on day 1.

 

[Wat Tyler]

Where are they getting this money from? I read they have a 30m pot until they sell

 

[the golden visionary]

Where are they getting this money from? I read they have a 30m pot until they sell

It's pie in the sky talk untill I see him in their crappy kit as far as I'm concerned

Hear this every time we have a decent player in a bit of form.

 

[Eggs]

….any transfer involving Branthwaite is also dependent on the player agreeing the move. Despite recent doldrums, United are still a huge global franchise so I’d expect him to go.

 

[Amokachi1995]

The language they use gets me "transfer fight" when in reality its a bid via email then a reply saying no

Yeah but we might not include 'Kind Regards' in the sign-off.

Might also copy in their line manager to show we're not messing around.

 

[toffeemeister77]

Take the points deduction if we have to, every year we keep him we will be better off!

Just look at John Stones, still winning league titles and playing for England. We sold him for £47 million 8 years ago. We used the money on players like Ashley Williams and Keane. What a joke!

It was way more expensive selling Lukaku rather then keeeping him is another example.

 

[pedro789]

So our glorious comms team have briefed the Echo to flog our best player.

Utd are about to pull our pants down to get a deal done before end of June.

And Prentice is enlisting his ex employer to help deal along and make us look like we did everything we could to keep him/get the best deal.

Incredible our comms team have still got jobs after smearing the fans with DBB headlock allegations.

 

[Carlito]

I still somehow feel personally offended that he hasn't made the England squad, even though I'm not an England fan and actively want them to get bummed and launched at the first opportunity.