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Former Scotland striker and talkSPORT pundit Ally McCoist believes Jarrad Branthwaite deserves to make his senior England debut when the Three Lions take on Belgium tonight, and has subsidised the Everton defender to one day captain his country.
“I think he’s had a wonderful season at Everton,” McCoist said. “I’ve said publicly that England, defensively, probably aren’t as strong as they’d like. They’ve got wonderful players, but I think only defensively, in opposition. your Brazilians, your Mbappé, your Griezmanns and the boys. ” That way, they will be seriously tested. I’m not saying they probably won’t take care of that, but I’d like to see Branthwaite get a chance, and he will have it on Tuesday. He would be the only player [I’d like to see, have a chance]. “
McCoist added: “[Branthwaite] has been a whole new breath of air. We sit here and talk about the upheavals of England and they’ve gone more commonly in the back and in the years to come, I think this position, I think I’m going through to go further. And to think that there might be an English captain in there.
Separately, a report from Sky Sports suggests that the club’s three-day hearing on an alleged breach of profitability and sustainability rules began yesterday.
Speaking on air, journalist Mark McAdam said: “[Yesterday] was significant because it was the start of the three-day hearing relating to PSR’s failure to meet its commitments for the 22/23 season.
“The fair answer is that we expect decisions to be made by April 8.
“It is important to note that this is absolutely different to the 10-point deduction initially awarded and reduced to six points, this is a new infringement in the next crusade of the 22/23 season. “
Finally, a rumour in the Daily Mail suggests that Everton will have to fight to keep England Under-17 goalkeeper Douglas Lukjanciks this summer.
The closer, who will finish his studies this summer and will then be able to enroll in the Blues Academy as a researcher, has dual nationality due to his Latvian ancestry and, as such, would have the potential to make his way across the continent.
The article claims that Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen “are part of an organisation of major European clubs interested” in signing Lukjanciks, while Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa and Southampton are also linked.