Dominic Calvert-Lewin situation at Everton with contract up in summer

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00:00Dominic Calvert-Lewin for Everton.

00:02Obviously, we've discussed a number of times how,

00:04you know, out of contract to the end of the season,

00:07it's a possible situation where they obviously

00:10haven't lost anything on his return due to the

00:13money they spent on him and his fantastic

00:17return in the few seasons he had for Everton.

00:20But it's no secret that those days are sort of

00:23slightly passed with the terms of the stats

00:25he's put out with injury as well,

00:27coming into it as well.

00:30So how do they sort of go about him

00:32come the end of the season?

00:33Should they sell or, you know, could they use

00:35January to possibly attract some attention?

00:37What's the sort of latest you can tell us on Calvert-Lewin?

00:40Well, as things stand, he'd be leaving the club

00:43for nothing at the end of the season.

00:45There's been a contract there that

00:47Dominic Calvert-Lewin hasn't signed.

00:49He was obviously heavily linked to Newcastle last summer.

00:52That deal didn't get over the line.

00:54Yeah, all things are pointing towards a departure

01:00at the end of his contract.

01:02Then, yeah, there is a debate whether Everton

01:05should cash in in January then, because

01:08can Everton afford to lose a player on a free

01:12transfer when they could get, I don't know,

01:15what would he be worth in January?

01:18Depends how much a club would need a striker, really,

01:22and who he would be willing to go to,

01:25because ultimately he could sign a pre-contract

01:27and move overseas anyway in January.

01:29So, does he wait that one out?

01:32Sean Dyches said that he thinks that

01:34Dominic Calvert-Lewin's value is more important

01:37than what they could get in terms of a fee in January.

01:41Well, if he's not scoring goals and his performances,

01:45he was OK in the first half against Brentford

01:47in the 0-0 draw, but if his performances aren't

01:52matching his current values, then maybe Everton

01:57would have a decision to make.

01:59They've got Armando Brozier coming back.

02:02If he hits the ground running, they've got

02:04Eusebio Ciamitti, who's come back as well.

02:07They've got Beto there.

02:09If Everton have options and they start fighting,

02:11then maybe they do look at it and think,

02:13could we potentially look to cash in,

02:15because it would be good for PSR rules,

02:17and we know Everton have still got to meet those.

02:22I think it's going to be a disappointing ending

02:25to Dominic Calvert-Lewin's time at the club, ultimately.

02:30Performances this season on the whole haven't been fantastic.

02:33It's a tough job. He's asked to be fair,

02:35leading the line on his own.

02:36He's asked a lot, and I do actually think in some games

02:41he gets a little bit of unfair flak,

02:43because he does run the channels.

02:45He is a little bit of a battering ram,

02:48but it's just not going in for him at the minute,

02:50and I think if an offer did come in,

02:52then Everton, as Sean Dice could say,

02:54is more important than what the money is valued.

03:00But I think they would have to look at it and think,

03:03should we look to cash in?

03:04Because they don't want a player in the second half of the season

03:08who's already maybe looking towards a new club and thinking,

03:12I don't want to get injured yet.

03:13I don't want to put my body on the line.

03:15I've got a new five-year deal lined up elsewhere.

03:18So that is something that Everton would definitely have to weigh up.

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