Calvert-Lewin appears to drop a massive hint that he's leaving Everton

I won't believe it until the taxi drivers confirm it.

I dont think it's been covered enough.

We don't need that.

We know he can do the job Moyes wants doing, and without the £40M outlay which can be diverted elsewhere.

I don’t think Moyes rates him highly.

He is the best forward at the club, it would testament to the influence of the manager and it would allow us to focus on other areas of the team. If he did decide to move in 1-2 seasons, we would also get a fee.

I would still like us to sign an striker with a different characteristics to give the team tactical options, but the pressure would be off.

He wants Champions League football.

Less good for us potentially as it's another body to replace but I'm glad we didn't accede to his high wage demands (assuming there was a genuine negotiation).

A mixed legacy. Superb value of course and a lot of important goals but also a sense of what could have been if he stayed fit (not his fault, of course) and a bit of underperforming in his last season or two. Plus rumours that he turned down a viable deal with Newcastle last summer, which if true, potentially did us out of £20M — a bit like Ross Barkley.

All-in-all, a good player at great value who scored some good and crucial goals that probably kept us up in a tough time for the club. Best of luck to him.

I’ll be very interested to see which Champions League club sign him up then!

Hoping that Calvert-Lewin will come good is cognitive dissonance of the highest order – he’s just not arsed about Everton anymore. I wish him well in not bothering barn doors at some other club.

Pickford
Tyrer
Patterson
Coleman
O'Brien
Tarkowski
Branthwaite
Mykolenko
Gana
Garner
Iroegbunam
Armstrong
Alcaraz
McNeil
Ndiaye
Beto
Chermiti

Massive massive job ahead of Moyes, Kinnear and the recruitment team…

Rangers or Celtic would be a good fit for Calvert-Lewin seeing as both are in the Champions League.

Do they really get two places in the Champions League?

Rangers have two qualifying rounds to get past before they enter the groups.

He won't be missed much. After one season where Ancelotti divined just how he could be effective – basically, stay in the opposition goal area – he has been almost completely useless and, from observation, it would appear that he also lost any motivation in the past couple of years.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin was best at jumping above opposition players when receiving very accurate crosses from the wings – his feet were just a way of working out which way up he was (a bit like Delaney's donkey's tail) and there has been very little in that department for some seasons.

His inability to stay onside was astonishing, and most teams will have worked out that he could be neutralised by a sly step up the pitch, or not reacting too quickly when a through-ball was about to be played.

So let's see what can be done with Beto – whose attitude at least is a marked improvement.

Celtic's and Rangers' highest earners would be on less than half of Calvert~Lewin's salary.

Put yourself on the market, sunshine, and see how many real 'elite' clubs come calling — and if Tuchel comes knocking on your door.

Despite hardly playing for 3 years, you do miss a hell of a lot of sitters. You've scored a few important goals for us in that time but can I suggest Doucoure has done that more often than you?

A word of advice: Never think you're better than you are… nor deserve better than you're entitled to.

I can't knock any player for ambition. He hasn't been disrespectful.

It's disappointing that he doesn't think he can achieve it with Everton.

No ill feeling from me. We move on and thank you for the Palace goal.

Ha-ha-ha! Good one, Liam. Made me laugh a lot.

I never thought DCL would stay, as it goes. Beto will be with us next season, either as first or second choice (whatever people think of him). Chermiti will go out on loan. So, another CF will be coming in. Don't have the foggiest who that will be.

I don't knock DCL for injuries either. That can happen to any player. But what annoys me is if he has made a decision to leave then to use the fact Everton been struggling as his reason while he was hardly ever there to help us not to have to struggle. That is just taking the piss.

Having spent the last three years of his contract mostly on the treatment table at Everton's expense you might have expected him to at lease sign an extension that would have made the club a few quid.

He showed his greed by turning down Newcastle because they weren't matching his demands.

Sorry Dom but this shows arrogance not humility.

Our big problem is that nobody we have, and nobody we’ve been linked with, is anywhere near as good as a fit and in form DCL. However, as he’s rarely been fit and in form for very long whilst with us, I’ll settle for someone less talented but more reliable and available. Beto and Chermitti are both decent options, we definitely need to as a third.

All of our strikers, whoever they are, will look much better if we can recruit the right quality in the (at least) three players we still need in the winger/attacking midfield positions.

English clubs in the Champions League next season. The only one I could think of that might be interested would be Tottenham.

But then would Levy, who pulls the strings, be interested in paying out for a striker with an injury record like his?

It seems our new owners are more robust than the previous regime. But Levy is absolutely ruthless.

The continent might be a good shout Dan @32.

Time for a new era. Let’s build a squad that has the mentality and ability to challenge every team they play.

Good luck to him but we really do need a change of ethic at this club.

1. DCL wants Champions League
2. Man Utd looking to sign DCL on a free.

I have defended Calvert-Lewin on here, but I do not think he is in a position to be desiring what he is desiring given his recent performances and injury record over the last few years.

Team sports hey - give me boxing every

time!

Scoring goals a weakness.

For someone who clearly likes to use a mirror:

A pity he is not more self aware.

I’ve said before, but will say again, I hope we don’t splurge yet on a striker. Beto plus someone with something to prove on loan and we’ll be fine if we bring in 2 quality midfielders, keep Gana, and strengthen at fullback. Hopefully that Chermiti kicks on, or if we buy a striker, make it another in the Chermiti/young-and-cheapish-with-potential, and keep working with Beto and his 10-15 goals in the meantime. If we get more goals from midfield next season, we’ll be fine.

Thanks again, Dom, for wearing the badge with pride.

The Yellow Submarines qualified for the Champions League, and there is a belief he wouldn’t want to trade that for a move to Goodison Park.

Looks like we have to look elsewhere for a striker. We don't get sorted out soon then we are down from four to two if DLC goes.

Out of those 4 strikers, only 1 was fit most of the time anyway!

(A) wearing daft clothes; and

(B) failing to maintain good form when the quality of the team deteriorated sharply, injuries bit and he was left isolated by tactical focus on defence.

It’s a shame he could never have played the role he was made for - being an excellent option from the bench in a quality side that has a more talented forward.

Hope he goes abroad as it would annoy me to see him playing for a rival.

Woltemade would cost Everton less than £20m he's scored 12 league goals.

But his team Stuttgart are going to offer him a new and improved deal.

Another player we are after is midfielder Gustavo Hamer a bid in the region of £20m is wanted by the blades. But it's strikers we need if DlC goes.

Yip, so anyone who is reasonable and can stay fit would actually be a plus point ludicrously!

the hearsay and assumptions are not made because of anything by way of supporting facts. The are made simply because people who don't like him want them to be true.

It was widely reported that The club turned down a genuine offer or him from Newcastle, but people prefer to believe a report started by one grubby little reporter...

"He turned Newcastle down and cost us 20m"...What ???

Do people really think a club of Newcastle's new found wealth and savvy would need to risk the punishment for approaching a man contracted to another club when he will be a free agent in a few days and they can talk openly to him ?

The insinuation that he cost the club 20m is disgusting. A clear attempt to plunge a dagger in his back as he leaves.

I noticed in his interview that he laughed loudly at the prospect of being out of contract. Unemployed.

Perhaps its the certain knowledge that he will have more offers and earn more money than all those who have hated upon him for so long, put together..... Wherever he ends up.

And they expect loyalty ?