There's little doubt that Everton desperately missed the influence of Dominic Calvert-Lewin last season.
You could argue that there was no real point throughout the 2021/22 campaign that the striker was actually fully fit. Having entered the campaign with a toe issue, he still scored in his opening three matches before being ruled out for months with an quadriceps problem.
The second half of the term was, in the end, blighted with false hope. Almost as soon as the England international was back and ready to start matches again, he picked up a new issue that might keep him on the sidelines for days or weeks at a time.
