Once it was Cardiff, now it’s Carlisle. Real Madrid has had some good luck with British players lately, and it looks like they want to sign another one. After a great season for Everton, Jarrad Branthwaite, who is from the latter rural Cumbrian city, is the latest player to be linked with a shоcking move to the Bernabéu.
Branthwaite has already moved to Europe before; he did so well on loan at PSV last season that his boss at the time, Ruud van Nistelrooy, called him a “complete” center-back. A lot of big European clubs have been looking at Branthwaite this season. He is 6 feet 5 inches tall, fast, and has as much anger in his eyes as Martin Keown laughing in the face of a certain former Manchester United scorer. Carlo Ancelotti was in charge when he moved him from Carlisle to Everton four years ago. That may be what makes it go in Real Madrid’s favor. They may also be the most successful club in European history.
Oh no, here comes another Brighton star kid. The Seagulls are going to use a claimed £8.5m release option to sign Valentín Barco, a 19-year-old leftback from Boca Juniors who was in the Guardian’s NextGen series in 2021. Barco is hard to miss because he has bright red hair and a beautiful left foot. He has said before that it is his “dream to play in Europe.” Even the great Juan Román Riquelme of Boca is a fan: “He does everything well.” He is getting better at the game along with the club’s bigger stars because he is so skilled and hits the ball so well.
Radu Dragusin, who plays for Genoa, looked like he was on his way to Tottenham for £25 million until Bayern Munich sped up behind him. After all the drаmа with Harry Kane, the Spurs must be sick of seeing the German giants. However, Tottenham are still in charge and hope to complete the move in the next 48 hours. In a strange turn of events, Dragusin’s move to Spurs could make it possible for Eric Dier to join Bayern, but there are still a few faxes to be sent before that happens.
That’s right, Ajax is no longer in the relegation zone in the Eredivisie. However, they still only have about half as many points as the Dutch winners, PSV. Ajax is still having a rough season even though they were knocked out of the Europa League. Their leader, Steven Bergwijn, is wаnted by West Ham, who need a scoring player because Michail Antonio, Jarrod Bowen, and Lucas Paquetá are all hurt. It won’t be cheap, though, and Ajax would probably want more than the £26.5 million they paid Tottenham for him in 2022.
Hugo Ekitike from PSG is wаnted by the Wolves. He hasn’t played for his team since August. When PSG bought Ekitike from Reims for €35 million when he was 20, he was highly ranked. But since then, Goncalo Ramos, Randal Kolo Muani, Ousmane Dembélé, and Bradley Barcola have come in and put him down the list of priorities in Paris.
Other teams are interested in Jonathan David, a striker for Lille and Canada, and RB Leipzig is going to beаt Arsenal to the signing of Dino Klapija, a teen forward from Croatia.