The Everton striker has been struggling for goals and regular football this season.
Marco Silva has told Everton TV that Dominic Calvert-Lewin needs to improve.
The 21-year-old striker has only managed six goals from 23 appearances across all competitions this season.
The Everton boss could name the youngster up front when the Toffees visit Millwall in the fourth round of the FA Cup this evening.
Considering he only turns 22 in March, Calvert-Lewin obviously isn’t the finished article quite yet, but the Portuguese manager believes that his game awareness is one area which he must improve.
He told Everton TV: “Of course, he has to improve and we are working on that. He is able to improve and he is open to learning every day.
“He is improving in our model as well which is important. His [game awareness] is one of the things he has to improve.
“He has the physical capacity to do that. And now it is a matter of understanding the right moments to do things, the right moments to close space.”
It could be a big last five months of the season for Calvert-Lewin.
Everton definitely need a new striker, but if they don’t get one then he will earn more chances from now until May, especially with Oumar Niasse gone.
And if he does the business, scores a lot more goals, then he might go into next season as Silva’s first-choice number nine and that must be the short-term aim for the youngster.
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