Who are the standout youngsters at Everton?
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00:00Who is the best youngster at Everton?
00:31I think you could still class Jarrett Bramford as a youngster.
00:34He's still only 22 in terms of Premier League experience.
00:37He's not fast.
00:38I think Sean Dyche has been quite open about that.
00:42He's only had one real season playing regularly in the Premier League
00:45and he's going to make mistakes.
00:47He's had his injury problems this season.
00:50Against Man Utd he maybe showed that he isn't this all-rounded,
00:57cast-iron Premier League player.
00:59He will need a little bit of time to make mistakes,
01:04to be honest, and learn from them.
01:06But if he's still classed as a youngster, which I think he is,
01:10then he's definitely up there.
01:12I think it's difficult for Everton because they have sold a few
01:16of the youngsters to meet PSR rules of league,
01:19but one we did bring in was Timmy Raboon from Aston Villa.
01:25He made a really good start to his Everton career.
01:28He picked up an injury.
01:30I think he's one for the future, really excited about.
01:34Yusef Chimisi, who was brought in from Sporting CP in 2023,
01:41he made decent headway last season and he was really impressive
01:45in pre-season.
01:47He just picked up an unlucky injury before the campaign started,
01:51a three-foot injury.
01:53I think his tendon came off his foot or something,
01:55and he's been ruled out since then.
01:58He looks at a decent prospect.
02:00Everton can keep on honing him.
02:02There's the 17-year-old midfielder Harrison Armstrong,
02:05who the club are really excited about.
02:08He has another good pre-season, as I say, as well.
02:13So he'll be excited to see his development.
02:16Underneath that, you may be looking at some of the under-18s.
02:19Brighton Graham was brought in from Linfield, the RSI,
02:23and has been prolific for Leighton Baines's under-18s.
02:27The goalkeeper, I don't want to botch his name,
02:30but he's a regular for England's under-18s, really highly rated.
02:36He's been linked with Manchester City,
02:38and Everton signed him on a three-year pro deal
02:41when he turned 17, as soon as they could.
02:44It's been difficult for the academy in the past few years
02:47because of what's happened with PSR,
02:49but hopefully now we can see a few more coming through the ranks.