Newcastle United are believed to have posted an interest in signing Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin this summer amid links to West Ham United.
That’s according to the Daily Mail, who claim that Newcastle are keen to bring in another striker this summer despite adding Chris Wood in January.
Wood has yet to score a single goal for Newcastle since joining the club from Burnley during the January transfer window.
With Callum Wilson enduring injury problems, it’s no great surprise that Newcastle would like to bring in another striker at the end of the season.
Calvert-Lewin appears to be a prime target with Newcastle showing a real interest in a summer transfer.
Calvert-Lewin, 24, has only managed nine Premier League appearances this season due to injury and hasn’t scored in his last six games since returning from injury in January.
Last term, the England international hit 16 Premier League goals and won a spot at Euro 2020 off the back of his Everton form.
Whether Everton stay up or not – and that is a situation very much in the balance – Calvert-Lewin will be attracting major interest.
The Sun reported in January that West Ham wanted to sign Calvert-Lewin but weren’t quite willing to pay the £60million asking price.
Newcastle are flush with cash thanks to PIF’s investment and may well be able to pay a huge fee to sign Calvert-Lewin this summer.
Calvert-Lewin is a well-regarded player in the Premier League, and has been praised for having ‘everything’ a striker needs by Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
Calvert-Lewin would likely be a much bigger threat than Wood whilst offering some untapped potential for the future too.
The only concern may be that Calvert-Lewin, whilst being more mobile than Wood, is still predominantly a physical centre forward who feeds on crosses and aerial battles.
Newcastle already have one of them in Wood and have to be wary of not overloading their squad with big-money signings who are a little too similar.
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