The Everton academy product spent last season on loan to Nottingham Forest.
Kieran Dowell is one of several Everton youngsters who could feature in Marco Silva’s plans, despite having ended the campaign out of Nottingham Forest’s – according to Sky Sports (live blog entry 15:23).
Ormskirk-born Dowell, who is a product of Everton’s academy, initially impressed at Forest, for whom he scored nine goals and set up four in his first 28 Championship outings.
However, the 20-year-old appeared to fall out of favour after Aitor Karanka’s appointment as manager at the City Ground, and failed to make a single direct goal contribution between late January and early April, at which point his campaign was brought to a premature end.
Dowell though recovered to help England’s Under-21s to Toulon Tournament success earlier this month, and according to Sky Sports he – along with Jonjoe Kenny, who also played in the Tournoi – is unlikely to be affected by Silva’s plans to reduce the size of Everton’s squad.
The broadcaster adds that Ademola Lookman and Dominic Calvert-Lewin will both be part of the Toffees’ set up – which will disappoint Bournemouth and others, who it states believed they could entice the latter player.
Can Dowell replicate his early Nottingham Forest form at Everton?
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