Sean Dyche claims he doesn’t want to sell Jarrad Branthwaite.
Everton defender Branthwaite is wanted by Saturday’s opponents Manchester United and the England Under-21 defender is having a fine season for the Blues.
Cashing in on the 21-year-old would help Everton’s money problems as they wait for 777 Partners’ protracted takeover to go through, but Dyche says they are not interested.
“We don’t want to sell any good players,” said the Blues boss. “It’s as simple as that and he’s proven to be a very good player. We’re not in the business of trying to sell players.
“You only sell players if you have to sell players or there’s a problem. There’s no problem, therefore I’m just hoping we don’t need to sell players. At the minute, we certainly don’t so we will see.”
Branthwaite has nailed down a place in the heart of Everton’s defence and will make his 31st appearance of his breakthrough Premier League season at Old Trafford.
Branthwaite, who came through at his hometown club Carlisle, spent the last campaign on loan at PSV Eindhoven and Dyche says he knew from when he first saw him in pre-season that he was special.
Dyche, who was a centre-half too as a player, claims sometimes the hardest part of coaching is taking a step back and letting youngsters develop themselves.
“What I saw of him, I liked,” he said. “When the timing was right, I thought ‘go on then, go and enjoy it, go and have a go’. I didn’t have to say anything to him, just go and play.
“He’s adapted well. There are things he still needs to work on, but you unravel a player slowly, you can’t just fast-track everything into them and say ‘that’s it’.So while he’s developing nicely and while he’s learning, sometimes the hardest thing is not to coach at all when you just step
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