Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored his fourth Premier League goal of the season for Leeds United over the weekend against Manchester United.
The forward had very little service throughout the game, but when a ball dropped to him inside the box, Calvert-Lewin took an excellent first touch on his chest before smashing the ball home from close range.
Calvert-Lewin finished last season with 15 goals for us in all competitions, and this season, he’s on five already.
His career resurrection in West Yorkshire has been spoken about to death at this point, and deservedly so! However, prior to his goal at the weekend, an Everton hero made an incredible claim about Calvert-Lewin.
Duncan Ferguson believes Everton should’ve done everything to keep Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Signing Calvert-Lewin on a free transfer in the summer of 2025 has proven to be one of the most defining pieces of business the 49ers have conducted during their time at Leeds.
And it’s fair to say that former Everton player and manager Duncan Ferguson is not pleased with the decision the Toffees made to let him walk.
Speaking on The Overlap Daily, Ferguson said: “They (Everton) should’ve never let Dominic go.”
“I’ve coached Dominic from a young man; I’ve put him in my team. He scored his first two ever in the same game against Chelsea; I put him up front.
“He’s a great player. They should never have let him go, ever. I don’t know what’s happened behind the scenes; if he wanted £200,000 a week, give him £200,000 a week. If he wanted £100,000 a week, give it to him.
“He’s six foot three, he’s quick, he’s got a lovely finish on him. He gets in there, he gets in that six-yard box, and he’s got a tremendous leap; he’s unbelievable in the air.”
Ferguson said this last Thursday, and it only took Calvert-Lewin a couple of days to prove his former manager right once again with his equaliser against Man United.
Everton were crying out for Dominic Calvert-Lewin at the weekend
At the minute, Thierno Barry is the only senior striker Everton have on their books after they let Beto go in the summer and failed to bring in a replacement.
On Saturday, Everton were trailing 1-0 in the second half against Chelsea.
Barry couldn’t get into the game, and it was desperately apparent that they needed to freshen things up, but David Moyes simply couldn’t.
If you’d asked any Everton supporter in the Hill Dickinson that day whether they wanted to sub on Calvert-Lewin, they’d have bitten your hand off.
Everton went on to lose that game 2-0.
Barry is certainly a promising player, but at 23, he’s still very raw. Last season he scored eight Premier League goals, and this season he’s scored three.
But when you watch Calvert-Lewin and Barry, it’s clear that we have the superior striker on our books. We got ours for free, whilst Everton had to fork out £27million for Barry.
Never mind give him 200 bags a week, give him some service.