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It’s December 2019, Rangers are yet to go through their customary post-winter break collapse, the Covid lockdown is inconceivable, and Jarrad Branthwaite is being thoroughly scouted at Ibrox. Then of Carlisle United, fast forward four and a half years and the now 21-year-old Everton defender has just earned his first cap for England. Coming off the bench for the Three Lions as they defeated Bosnia & Herzegovina 3-0 ahead of Euro 2024, the centre-back certainly staked his claim for a call-up to England’s final squad. But things might’ve been oh so different for Jarrad Branthwaite had interest f…

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