Season › 2024-25 › News Everton begin talks with Jarrad Branthwaite over a new deal Anjishnu Roy 19/06/2025 29comments | Jump to last Everton have begun talks with Jarrad Branthwaite over a possible new deal as keeping hold of the centre-back is a priority for the club, reports Joe Thomas of Liverpool Echo. Branthwaite continues to court interest from several English clubs for the second consecutive summer. It is believed that, under Everton's ownership by The Friedkin Group, David Moyes is adamant on keeping the 22-year-old and building a new-look team around him. While he still has a contract until 2027, a new deal with better conditions that reflect his importance to the club could be on the cards. It will also be a strong statement of intent from the new owners in order to secure the long-term future of a key player for the club. The centre-back signed a contract at the beginning of the 2023-24 season, when he would break through under Sean Dyche and, as a result, attract plenty of attention from elsewhere. The Toffees reportedly turned down two offers from Manchester United for Branthwaite last summer. He has had another strong season for the Blues and formed a rock-solid partnership at the back with James Tarkowski under Moyes. The club has already lost several players with contracts running out this summer. However, the Scottish manager is determined to protect his defensive line led by Branthwaite, Tarkowski, and with goalkeeper Jordan Pickford behind them as the last line. Reader Comments (29) Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Comments are the responsibility of the poster. Disclaimer () Jack Convery 1 Posted 19/06/2025 at 16:51:09 Get it done, Blues. Show him we mean business and are not a basket-case club anymore. Robert Tressell 2 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:04:29 Sign up Jarrad and tell TFG to bring you some decent teammates this summer. Christy Ring 3 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:10:13 It should be the club's No 1 priority.Make him one of our top earners, and show we mean business, and other players will see we're a club on the up. Andrew James 4 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:14:43 Fed up with the lack of respect we get from the media coming up with rumours that Branthwaite is being linked with Spurs. Not even a mention as to how stupid such a move would be seeing as we finished so far ahead of them last season. The Top 6 narrative surely cannot be sustainable now that United and Spurs have finished way outside the actual Top 6? Kevin Molloy 5 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:17:08 Uh oh… this feels like a Bill line. Then 'Everton rocked as Branthwaite bla blah blah'. And by the end of the summer… he's gone. Surely we wouldn't have just started negotiating with him if this was real? This feels like a narrative.… Billy Birmingham 6 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:26:45 This needs sorting asap. I'd make him Captain, in view Pickford is a leader, he's a goalkeeper... Rob H, your views as an ex would be useful. As an outfield player, Jarrad plays like his life depends on it. He's an example to the Squad.Would the extra responsibility be adverse? Time would tell but I don't think it would.UTFTs! Alan J Thompson 7 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:30:01 Billy(#6)' Keepers are always Captains in their own penalty areas. Ian Pilkington 8 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:33:21 Kevin@5Moyes has publicly made the retention of Branthwaite and Pickford his top priority.He appears to have learned his lesson after being constantly let down by Kenwright (Rooney, Arteta et al). We have no reason wharsoever to believe that FDG are remotely similar to the master liar and charlatan. Billy Birmingham 9 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:39:06 Test message:I've hopefully just fixed the issue of me and Billy's comments/ articles, getting tagged as Billy.Thank you.RegardsPaul Kevin Molloy 10 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:42:40 Ian yes fair enough. Let's hope so. Every club has to sell it's players at some point, I think it's 50/50 we keep him tbh. Kev Johnson 11 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:45:21 Still not buying the idea that Billy Birmingham is an actual person.If by any remote chance he is (and it is a remote chance) then he needs to brush up on his use of the English language. Just saying.Adding "UTFT" to the end of a post doesn't mean anything, as it goes. In fact, it only invites suspicion as to the poster's allegiance.Q: Since when did genuine Evertonians on TW feel obliged to add that to their posts? A: never (it's taken for granted, ffs). Paul Kossoff 12 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:49:45 Have the three musketeers signed yet? Gueye, Keane and Calvert-Lewin? Moyes should call them into the office, give them the contracts, tell them to sign or leave the club. If they don't sign, have them escorted off the premises. They are holding the club to ransom, sign or fuck off, that's what he should do. We haven't got the time or the squad to be fucking about with this. I personally would only offer the contract to Gueye but still buy his replacement. The other two, Athos and Porthos… tell them to fuck off already. John Keating 13 Posted 19/06/2025 at 17:51:33 Absolute no-brainer — Jarrad is our future. Captain on the pitch next season; Pickford, Tarkowski, him and O'Brien proved last season, we just need someone up top and a few wing additions and we have improved..Following season… Europe! Christy Ring 14 Posted 19/06/2025 at 18:03:28 It's certainly an incentive for him to stay, to offer him a big contract. I know he still has 2 years left, but he's probably one of the lowest earners in the first team squad, and this will show him what he means to the club. Paul Smith 15 Posted 19/06/2025 at 18:18:00 Thought he was off to Spurs? Journo's really do talk some shite. Danny O'Neill 16 Posted 19/06/2025 at 18:38:10 I can't see him going to Tottenham. They have Champions League to offer, but so do Newcastle and my feeling is he would rather stay north. Hopefully, that's with Everton. I think if that final had gone the other way, Manchester United would have been more of a threat.Let's just get him signed up. He is captain material. Behind Tarkowski and Pickford, but is already showing signs. More importantly, he is a very good centre-back. Andy Peers 17 Posted 19/06/2025 at 18:50:14 £125k per week and make him joint top earner with Pickford.Doucoure was on £130k per week. Bill Gall 18 Posted 19/06/2025 at 18:55:47 As a professional, you strive to be the best and be able to represent your country and win trophies, and receive financial success for yourself and your club. Everton may be financially sound to offer him an exceptional contract, but representing his country, with the present England manager's attitude and playing for Everton may not be enough. As far as trophies go, this depends on the team that the new owners and manager assemble. Myself, I would hate it to see him move to another club as he is becoming one of the best central defenders we have had for a long time, and hope that Everton are able to offer him a substantial contract that will keep him for a couple of seasons where they can show what their ambitions are with further player signings. Mark Taylor 19 Posted 19/06/2025 at 19:29:00 He's not quite the finished article so serious clubs are not currently all that keen. Spurs don't exactly have the greatest reputation advancing our ex-players A new contract with an amply large buyout clause (but one he's okay with) seems the best option for all parties.Then he can 'earn' his buyout and maybe even find out if we're worthy 'keepers'… Stu Darlington 20 Posted 19/06/2025 at 19:57:08 If we aspire to be a top 10 club,we need to keep our best players and add other good players to surround them.No brainer,make him an offer he can’t refuse,nothing personal,just business! Mark Murphy 21 Posted 19/06/2025 at 21:03:25 Kev at 11Nah, Fcuk itUTFT Tony Abrahams 22 Posted 19/06/2025 at 21:16:40 Biggest statement the club, could make this summer is to sign a few quality players and tie Brainthwaite to a longer contract, imo. Ryan Holroyd 23 Posted 19/06/2025 at 21:18:47 Be our best signing of the Summer Tony IMO Derek Knox 24 Posted 19/06/2025 at 21:27:00 Mark @ 21, UTFT could mean Under the Fcuking Thumb ? :-) Mark Murphy 25 Posted 19/06/2025 at 22:06:32 No DerekIt’s United Twat From TellensObviously!Durrr Mark Murphy 26 Posted 19/06/2025 at 22:21:36 Any one else noticed that if you take the 2,3 and 4th letters out of that Billy’s name you get Billy Bingham?Makes you think!UTFT Tony Abrahams 27 Posted 19/06/2025 at 22:26:21 I have very similar thoughts Ryan, but I’m also aware that we also need to go and sign a few other good players, if TFG, are genuinely interested in improving us mate. Mark Murphy 28 Posted 19/06/2025 at 22:44:22 Billy Bingham, by the way, would have been the second Everton manager whose teams I would’ve watched if I was a genuine Evertonian but I can’t have done becauseUTFT Liam Mogan 29 Posted 19/06/2025 at 22:47:58 My dad's mate has UTFT on his headstone.Always thought he was an imposter tbh. Glad it's now confirmed. Add Your Comments In order to post a comment, you need to be logged in as a registered user of the site. » Log in now Or Sign up as a ToffeeWeb Member — it's free, takes just a few minutes and will allow you to post your comments on articles and Talking Points submissions across the site. How to get rid of these ads and support TW © ToffeeWeb