Everton players featuring at Euro 2024: Pickford and Branthwaite hoping for England’s success whilst Onana looking to improve Belgium’s major tournament form

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As a number of Everton players will be on display at the European Championships this summer, Evertonians will be keeping an eye on their representatives and hoping they return to Goodison with a lot more to give for next season.

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00:00 In terms of the European Championships for Everton, a fair few representatives there.

00:08 You spoke about the prize assets in Onana and Brantway. Is this a sort of tournament

00:14 they should see as a chance to really break through? I know they've had a bit of a tough

00:17 time at Everton this season again, but it's a real chance for them to shine on the international

00:23 stage?

00:24 Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I was in Onana. You've seen them play against England in the

00:28 last international break, against Belgium. He was fantastic. And understandably, Everton

00:33 fans are thinking, "Oh, why can't we see that on week in, week out?" Because he has got

00:37 talent. We've seen him dominate some games. You know, it's Choms' first game in charge.

00:43 He won the winner against Arsenal last season. He was toes of force in the middle of the

00:48 park, but there just hasn't been that consistency. And as someone who has said he'd like to go

00:52 and play for a big club, you want to go and see him do it consistently. He grabbed games

00:56 by the stuff of the net. But he'll be looking to do that for Belgium, maybe Everton. He'll

01:02 be looking for him to do that. I think, well, if he has a good Euros, his price tag will

01:06 increase. And Jarrett Bramfoort, you know, I still don't think he gets enough credit

01:11 for the season he's had. He's been absolutely immense. He really, really has. Fantastic

01:17 breakthrough campaign. He's just got better and better. And if he isn't on the plane,

01:24 it would be a real, real... I don't know. It would be a disservice to him, to be honest

01:32 with you. He's been ever-present pretty much all season. When he's been fit, he didn't

01:38 start the first three games. He's been magnificent. He's won Everton's Player of the Year and

01:45 Young Player of the Year, understandably, because he's been that good. And Jordan Pickford,

01:50 obviously, he's going to be in goal for England. He's won Everton Player of the Year this season.

01:58 That's three seasons in a row now that Jordan Pickford's won it. And maybe he's finally

02:01 starting to get the credit that he deserves from the outside, because Everton fans have

02:06 known how good he is. He's matured. Every goalkeeper still makes a mistake. But for

02:13 England, has he done a lot wrong? Absolutely not. He's been fantastic for England over

02:18 the past few years, from the World Cup to the Euros. And yeah, Everton fans again will

02:25 be hoping he has a big Euros, just to prove everyone wrong, really, basically. You see,

02:30 look, we've been telling you this all along, pretty much. So it'll be interesting. And

02:34 then Vitaly Mikhalenko, hopefully, can be fit for the Ukraine. Disappointing one for

02:40 Nathan Paterson, who hasn't been included in the Scotland squad because of his hamstring

02:44 injury, which is a blow for him. I think maybe he knew that when he suffered his hamstring

02:50 injury. He had surgery after the Chelsea defeat. But yeah, plenty for Everton fans to keep

02:56 their eyes on over the summer.

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