Jamie Carragher hails Manchester United transfer target – “I think he’s special”

Jamie Carragher has heaped praise on Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite – with admirers Manchester United weighing up a sizeable summer transfer swoop.

Branthwaite, 21, is enjoying a true breakout season with the Toffees, having impressed on loan at PSV Eindhoven last season, working under ex-United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Speaking to another platform on Monday Night Football ahead of Everton’s battling 1-1 draw at home to Crystal Palace, the former Liverpool defender hailed Brainthwaite as “special.”

“I think he is, I remember being a young lad going in myself at Liverpool and it’s an unforgiven position, I had to go to full-back for the next three or four years and then go back to centre-back, so you can see the quality we have. Branthwaite has been outstanding, Murillo of Nottingham Forest, I think has been outstanding. But I think this Branthwaite has been pretty special and he’s a big part of why, in my eyes, Everton still have a great chance of staying up; him and his partnership with James Tarkowski.”

Now the England youth international is believed to be on the Red Devils’ six-man transfer shortlist, with top-four rivals Tottenham and European giants Real Madrid also interested.

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