Kevin Campbell has been speaking to Adam Jones on a recent episode of Royal Blue: The Everton FC Podcast and has been talking about Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Former Toffees striker Campbell discussed many Everton-related topics but spent a bit of time on the 23-year-old.
Here is what he had to say about Calvert-Lewin when asked if this season could be the turning point.
“I would definitely hope so, I just think the criticisms were there, and rightfully so at times, because he was doing a lot of his work outside the box, remember he’s a winger by trade, he’s not really a centre-forward.
“So he found that a lot of the work was being done outside of the box, and then he found himself not getting in the box.
“Now, when he’s got a foil, when he’s got somebody to play with him, he finds himself being able to get in the box a lot more – and that’s where you’re going to score your goals as a No 9.
“You’re going to score the majority of your goals in the box, and if he finds himself in between those posts, he’s got a great chance of scoring.
“So, I think he’s done marvellous and fingers crossed he goes on from strength to strength.”
It seems as if Campbell is hoping that Calvert-Lewin can keep scoring goals for Everton and is hopeful this season can kickstart his career.
Is this the turning point for Calvert-Lewin?
Yes
No
TIF Thoughts…
Before this season, the 23-year-old, who is valued at £21.6m by Transfermarkt, had only scored 17 goals for the Toffees’ first team, but this season, he has scored 15 – with 13 of those strikes coming in the Premier League.
However, what has perhaps helped Calvert-Lewin the most is the arrival of Carlo Ancelotti, as since the Italian arrived, the former Sheffield United man has scored eight goals for Everton.
The only worry now is that he is goalless in six games, but he still has four matches to end the season strongly and maybe grab a few more goals.