Man Utd will have to win Europa League to tempt Branthwaite

Next they'll be trying to turn his head with the lure of FA and League Cup action as the thought of their new, government funded ground might not raise the ante.

He'd have to be crazy to even think about going to Man Utd.

Stay with us a bit longer and you will get a better club to go to in time.

You have to smile..they are so bloody delusional. Biggest club in the world!

Yeah... dream on. Still if they're that set on him anything north of £90M would suffice. And they'd probably ask for government funding!

I think they are second only to Real Madrid Alan.

I don't like hearing it when supporters belittle us suggesting Everton is not a big club. We are.

Manchester United is a massive club on a global scale. In both cases and on different scales, we shouldn't mix up recent performances and success on the pitch with the size and stature of a club in my opinion.

One thing I feel confident in, is that the new owners will push to boat out to keep the likes of Branthwaite. If we have ambition, we have to retain Jarrad and others and build around them.

If the player and his agent push it, then I am equally confident we will get top dollar. Where those dollars come from is questionable given their £1BN debt and hundreds of millions in unpaid transfers. If, and right now, it's an if, he decides he wants to go, then there will be more than a sniff of interest from other well-placed suitors.

We are well into rumour season now, so I'm taking it all with a pinch of salt until something happens or is announced, which won't be before the end of the season and beyond.

Danny, I agree. We have to push the boat out to keep Branthwaite.

However, should Man Utd come in seriously, we have to demand an absolute top-dollar record fee. None of this so much down and so much a season and based on a Rooney-like contract. So much if we win the league, so much for a Cup etc etc.

If they want him, then top dollar — in cash!!!! That'll sort that out.

I think Branthwaite will have to get back to his previous form if Everton are going to demand anything like £80-90M for him; he has not performed very well in the last few games.

Hopefully it is just a temporary loss of form — maybe a goal or two will up his markings… like they have done with O'Brien.

I think on balance it could be an interesting test of TFG and their resolve to Make Everton Great Again!

If they do offer him a new contract, will it be good enough to keep him here for at least 1 or 2 years longer?

If the Man Scum really are serious in intent, but still think they can get him for anything less than £90M, and are not sent packing, then I think we will have our answer.

It will also be interesting to see what sort of spin the new regime put on it if he does leave. It would be nice if they are honest with us, as the shysters who would previously make up all sorts of nonsense to diss the leaving player are hopefully now all gone.

Whatever happens, at some point in our journey back to the top we need to become much more effective sellers of players.

I've done articles on this in the past so won't labour it but you can attribute a large part of the recent success of clubs like Leverkusen and our horrible neighbours to selling very well.

If he has any sense he shouldn't go to a second rate side.

Look what happens to young players that go to Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs etc — they disappear into oblivion.

Same old recycled click bait.

Why on earth would he want to join Man Utd? They are in a terrible financial mess both on the pitch and off it.

I think Jarrad will give Everton another year as we move into the new stadium, with our future progression he may well decide to commit long-term and enjoy the ride.

Love the MEGA attitude, Michael

I doubt TFG would be holding out for £90m for Branthwaite - and I doubt anyone would pay that either at the moment.

The biggest fees for any players this season have all been for attackers €77m (Duran), €75m (Alvarez and Marmoush) and €70m (Kvaratskhelia).

The biggest CB signing was Yoro €62m followed by Kilman for €47m and then Deligt for €45m.

However, whether it's a good deal to sell at, say, €70m or €90m or whatever pretty much comes down to who you have lined up in replacement.

If we are stupid enough to do what West Ham did and waste €47m on crap like Kilman, then it's a bad idea to sell whatever the price.

However, if selling for £65m enabled you to secure the signings of, say, Doyle (City), Couto (City) and Ferguson (Brighton) - then you have probably improved your First XI by a decent margin overall - and with players who could form the backbone of the side for the next 5 to 10 years. That might be a good idea.

Obviously I am cherry picking, but had we sold Branthwaite for, say, £70m last summer - we could have had a First XI of:

DCL

Ndiaye

Sarr (€15m)

Hutchison (€23.5)

Mangala

Garner

Mykolenko

Araujo (€10m)

Huijsen (€15.2m)

Tarkowski

Pickford

It doesn't need to be a distaster to sell.

It shouldn't be Robert. It's about how you reinvest in the squad. Others have done it well, some (ourselves included) not so well.

I'd rather keep the player, but if it was to happen, and it's still inevitable speculation and rumour, then as long as the proceeds are used to improve the squad then it's good business.

Early days, but I have more optimism in this regime than the previous one to do that.

Every time I’ve watched Lenny Yorro he’s been like a rabbit in the headlights,not a great signing for Utd so far £62 million FFS!
they’d have been better off re-signing Michael Keane for this season and given us £10 mill!
Yorro is not premiership standard.
Killman £47 million 🥴🥴hope Moyes wasn’t involved.

It was Lopetegui who brought Kilman in, I believe, at the start of the season. He'd worked with him at wolves?

Jeff # 13, Yoro is still only 19. He's been bought for his huge potential not immediate impact. He could yet be a superb signing. He's a very classy technical defender.

Henry didn't look much at Arsenal in his first season.