Following Jarrad Branthwaite’s long-awaited return from a hamstring injury, the centre-back has revealed that his focus is on securing Everton’s place in Europe next season.

Branthwaite made his first appearance of the campaign in the 1-1 draw at home to Leeds United with his second-half cameo reminding everyone of the centre-back's talent.

He then made his first start of the season, at left-back in place of the injured Vitalii Mykolenko, in Saturday's last-gasp 1-1 draw at Brighton & Hove Albion.

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And speaking to evertontv after that match, Branthwaite said: “Every game is massive now. We want Europe - we’ve said that since the start of the season.

“As long as we keep picking up points, we might look at the end of the season and we are in Europe by a point. So, every game's huge...