The Red Devils were linked with a plethora of centre-backs but the club zeroed in on Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite and promptly agreed on personal terms with the Englishman.
However, talks with the Toffees have been far from smooth with the Merseysiders rejecting United’s first bid of £45 million and have been holding out for around £70 million.
United have refused to waver in their belief and have threatened to walk away without making any further bids unless Sean Dyche’s team got realistic about their valuati
While the England international would love to join, he will not force through a move while even Manchester City are said to be preparing to hijack United’s attempts to sign Branthwaite.
In further bad news, Football Insider have claimed that Everton are preparing to keep the 22-year-old and move on Michael Keane, a former United academy graduate, instead.
They are in much better shape PSR wise after selling Ben Godfrey and now they could end up keeping Branthwaite despite intense interest as Keane’s sale would go a long way in balancing the boo
