“They need to sign a striker, You just can’t trust him” – Chris Sutton says Everton must sign a new striker this summer as club cannot trust Dominic Calvert Lewin after another injury-hit season
Chris Sutton has suggested that Everton simply cannot trust Dominic Calvert-Lewin, as he claimed that the Toffees may struggle to convince a striker to join this summer.
Sutton was speaking after Everton ensured that they would be staying in the Premier League next season.
Sutton says Everton can’t trust Calvert-Lewin
Of course, Everton played for much of the season without a recognised striker with Dominic Calvert Lewin unable to stay for while Neal Maupay was unable to replicate his Brighton form for the Toffees.
Only Wolves scored fewer goals than the Toffees this term. And only one player in the Everton squad managed more than five goals.
It proved to be another frustrating season for Dominic Calvert-Lewin, with the striker managing just 17 appearances in the top-flight due to injury. He only managed to score twice in that time also.
And Sutton has now admitted that Everton simply cannot rely on the 26-year-old to stay fit.
“It’s alright saying we need a striker. Who’s going to want to sign for Everton? Calvert-Lewin, you just can’t trust him,” he told The Monday Night Club.
“He had those run of games where they ended up tearing Brighton apart. You talk about 34 goals all season, and five of those were in one game at Brighton.”
“It’s simple, they need to sign a striker”
It is going to be fascinating to see what Everton can do this summer. They have previously been restricted due to their heavy spending in years gone by.
But they have had two warnings now. They stayed up on the final day this year. And they were not able to get themselves out of trouble a lot earlier last season either.
So they have to find some way to bolster the squad in several areas.
And if they do not sign a much better striker this summer, they will be left rolling the dice on Calvert-Lewin finally putting his injury issues behind him.
