{"id":370262,"date":"2025-12-26T00:44:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/370262\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T00:44:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T00:44:16","slug":"man-utd-make-70m-jarrad-branthwaite-a-top-target-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/370262\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd make \u00a370m Jarrad Branthwaite a top target for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ruben Amorim<\/a> is looking to strengthen his squad in several key areas in 2026, and a “physical beast” has now emerged as a top target for Manchester United<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amorim prepared to bide his time in the transfer market<\/p>\n

With the January transfer window edging ever closer, Amorim<\/a> has been speaking about his plans, and the manager stressed the importance of not rushing into any deals, saying: “What we cannot do is reach January and try to do everything with urgency and make mistakes again and be left saying ‘here we go again’. I am not going to go to Jason [Wilcox, director of football] and say we need a lot of players.”<\/p>\n

The Red Devils’ recruitment since Sir Alex Ferguson retired has been much-maligned, but some of their summer transfer business has been successful, with Bryan Mbeumo making a flying start to life at Old Trafford, netting six goals in 16 Premier League<\/a> games.<\/p>\n

Matheus Cunha has also impressed at times, scoring against Aston Villa last time out, but United’s rebuild appears to be far from over, with a new central midfielder<\/a> of particular interest, given that Casemiro’s contract is set to expire in the summer.<\/p>\n

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According to a report from Caught Offside, Man United also remain keen on signing a new left wing-back, alongside a centre-back, and several potential options have now been identified.<\/p>\n

Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite is one of the Red Devils’ top targets<\/a>, with the defender’s composure in possession and physical presence potentially making him an ideal fit in Amorim’s system, while his Premier League experience is an added bonus.<\/p>\n

Amorim has no interest in making any stop-gap signings, wanting to bring in new players capable of making a difference on a long-term basis, and Branthwaite could fit the bill, given that he is just 23-years-old.<\/p>\n

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The Red Devils could have a big decision to make in the January transfer window…<\/p>\n

“Beast” Branthwaite could be expensive signing for Man Utd<\/p>\n

A deal for the Everton defender could be on the pricey side, with it being revealed the Toffees have set an asking price of \u00a370m<\/a>, but there are indications he could be a success at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Scout Ben Mattinson<\/a> described the Englishman as a two-footed “physical beast”, off the back of a loan spell at PSV Eindhoven, and the centre-back has since gone on to catch the eye in an Everton shirt.<\/p>\n

The Carlisle-born defender is yet to make an appearance this season, as a result of a hamstring injury, but Statman Dave was left very impressed by a display against Liverpool last season.<\/p>\n

Branthwaite is now experienced in the Premier League, having made 75 appearances in the competition, but Man United may be better off waiting until the summer to potentially pursue a deal, as it remains to be seen how he recovers from a long injury lay-off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim is looking to strengthen his squad in several key areas in 2026, and a “physical beast”…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-370262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}