George Priestman reports on the reported interest from Liverpool for Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite.
Remembering the quotes from Jurgen Klopp in 2023 when he praised the defender!
Full article - https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/sport/football/liverpool/jurgen-klopp-made-a-liverpool-transfer-admission-about-jarrad-branthwaite-last-year-4806350
Remembering the quotes from Jurgen Klopp in 2023 when he praised the defender!
Full article - https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/sport/football/liverpool/jurgen-klopp-made-a-liverpool-transfer-admission-about-jarrad-branthwaite-last-year-4806350
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00:00Liverpool are reportedly huge admirers of Everton's Jair Branthwaite and could make
00:04a shock move in the not so distant future. According to the Daily Mail, they are huge
00:09admirers of the player and are keeping tabs on him and Manchester United are also in the
00:13running as well. Of course, they submitted a couple of bids in the summer. All were rejected
00:18as they fell dramatically short of their £75m-£80m valuation and Everton will not want to part
00:24with their star man for anything less than what they think he's worth because he still
00:29has a few years left on his current deal and his effect and influence on the Everton
00:34team is simply transformational. He was incredible last season for them. He was a real key player
00:40for Sean Dyche as they recorded the fourth best defence in the Premier League.
00:45Liverpool only have four current senior centre-backs that include Virgil van Dijk who is out of
00:51contract at the end of the season. Of course, he may still go on and sign a new deal which
00:56is probably going to be the most likely outcome but still they have to look towards the future
01:00and Branthwaite could be an elite level centre-back as he develops across the years given what
01:05he's shown us already in his career so far. One person who is a huge fan of Jared Branthwaite
01:10was Jurgen Klopp. In his final season at the club, he gave him the ultimate compliment
01:15by saying Everton's last line is super experienced and with Branthwaite, now they have a really
01:21good left-footed centre-back. And of course, he's gained plenty of plaudits, was nearly
01:26in England's European Championship squad in the summer after just one full season in the
01:31Premier League so his ascension has been very, very impressive. Of course, if he does make
01:37what would be a shock move across Merseyside, he would become only the 30th player to do
01:42it since the inception of Everton in 1892. And the last person to transfer from one of
01:48the Merseyside clubs to another was Abel Xavier in 2002 who joined from Everton for
01:55just £750,000 and it would be an incredible story if Branthwaite does end up making the
02:02move across to Anfield. But it's clear that Branthwaite is going to attract plenty of
02:07suitors and be part of plenty of speculation across the next couple of windows as he is
02:13a fantastic young centre-back who's caught the eye of pretty much every single elite
02:17club out there.