Here are your Everton evening headlines for Thursday, March 9.
Sean Dyche opens up on Everton summer transfer plans
Sean Dyche has spoken of the difficulties of player recruitment and provided an update on Isaac Price’s future at Everton.
The Blues endured a dreadful end to the January transfer window with numerous attempts to strengthen Dyche’s relegation-threatened squad resulting in failure. The botched recruitment drive led to more anger amongst the club’s fanbase.
Despite promises from the owner, Farhad Moshiri, that Everton would secure a much-needed striker in January, the club ended the window with a weaker squad than when it opened. That came as a result of Anthony Gordon’s transfer to Newcastle United.
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And when asked what he was planning to do to ensure his side doesn't end up being short again, Dyche said: “I am learning about the past, the decisions, the rights and wrongs, ins and outs."
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Sean Dyche gives 'positive' Dominic Calvert-Lewin fitness update
Sean Dyche has revealed that a decision has yet to be made about whether Dominic Calvert-Lewin will return against Brentford this weekend.
Calvert-Lewin has not featured for Dyche since being substituted in the second half of his first game as Blues boss against Arsenal at Goodison Park last month. The striker's withdrawal, around the hour mark, was as a precaution over a hamstring issue but Dyche has focused on the need to rebuild his overall condition in the weeks that have followed.
Calvert-Lewin has been plagued by injury problems for the past 18 months. The 25-year-old missed much of last season with a fractured toe and a thigh problem, then sustained a knee injury on the eve of this season that ruled him out for two months.
So far in 2022-23, he has only managed 12 appearances in all competitions and has only completed the full 90 minutes on three occasions. And although Dyche revealed on Thursday afternoon that the forward was back in training, he refused to confirm whether the England international would be available for Saturday’s game at home to the Bees.
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