DOM EYES ENGLAND CALL
“I feel a foot taller and it’s all I can ask for really,” said Calvert-lewin.
“He has kept it quite simple, allowing me to enjoy my football.
“He wants me to try to stay more central between the two centre-halves and focus on getting around the goal more, getting in the six-yard box. It is
With Liverpool in orbit it’s hardly a great time to be going to Anfield – especially for an Everton team mauled 5-2 on enemy territory a month ago.
But with Ancelotti in the hot-seat Calvert-lewin believes the timing is perfect. Everton have nothing to fear.
“We have come close in previous years. We’ve just been unfortunate not to nick a goal and get a foothold in the game. Liverpool are a top team but regardless of who they put out we can only focus on ourselves and what we can do. We were in a bad place at the
DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN is targeting a place in Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2020 England squad.
And he is aiming to keep the goals flowing until the next international break in March, when England play Italy and Denmark with Southgate (left) looking at new faces who could break into his squad next summer.
Everton star Calvert-lewin already has a big international history – scoring the winner against Venezuela in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup final in South Korea in 2017.
And he wants more. He said: “Who knows?
Ancelotti’s arrival has released a surge of optimism through Goodison – and Calvert-lewin reckons the future for Merseyside isn’t just red.
“When he walks in the room you know he’s there. He has a presence, an aura, about him. It’s a real statement of intent to get a manager of his calibre and it can only be a good thing going forward.”
Things change quickly in football. I would have to pick off the centre-forwards in the team.
“It is about scoring as many as I can and performing on a consistent basis. The next international break is March but I won’t put pressure on myself.
“I just want to enjoy myself and score more goals. If an England call comes I would be the happiest man alive.”
Three of that 2017 team – Chelsea’s Fikayo Tomori and Bournemouth’s Dominic Solanke and Lewis Cook – have all had senior call-ups.