Steve Bruce makes £20m+ transfer claim for Everton-linked Hull City ace Jacob Greaves

Without a doubt, Greaves was the Tigers’ greatest player of the previous campaign and won Player of the Season from the organization.

Rumors have been circulating about the 23-year-old’s potential summer transfer to Merseyside [HITC, 14 June]. Jarrad Branthwaite’s future is similarly uncertain following reports that the defender was “extremely keen” to join Manchester United [Fabrizio Romano, 18 June].

Is he able to surpass his performance from this season? Every player aspires to play at the greatest level, so it makes sense that he would say so after playing 50 games, winning Player of the Season, and being selected to the Championship Team of the Season, according to former Hull Bruce, whose comments were obtained by Hull Live on June 19.

He must be thinking to himself, “There’s not many (left-sided defenders), so this is a great opportunity for me,” at this point.

Has the young Branthwaite declined £45 million? He was at Carlisle, and I ought to have brought him along—he was right here in Newcastle, right on our doorstep, and he only cost Everton £1.5 million or £2 million.

“He’s thrived and he’s suddenly worth £45 million? The problem is that, unlike the youngster Greaves, he has experience and success in the Premier League. I would have assumed that in order to even consider it, a check for probably more than £20 million would be required.

Although nobody at Everton wants to see Branthwaite leave this summer, it’s a sad fact that he might not still be with the team when the transfer market closes.

The defender developed into a key member of Everton’s defensive line and was one of Sean Dyche’s top performers of the previous campaign.

Even though there is still a lot of work to be done until Everton and United agree on Branthwaite, they should be concentrating on finding Greaves to replace him.

Throughout the 43 Championship games he participated in past season, the defender was a defensive wall for Liam Rosenior.

The two are considerably closer than you may believe when you compare their numbers from the previous season in the Premier League and the Championship.

Branthwaite was able to intercept the ball 1.4 times and averaged 1.9 tackles per game, according to Sofascore.

Conversely, Greaves averaged 1.8 tackles and 1.0 interceptions overall. Even though the Championship is of a higher caliber than the top tier, Greaves’ stats are respectable for a 23-year-old.

Thus, Everton ought to use every effort to ensure that he plays for the blue side of Merseyside come summertime.

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