Everton manager Frank Lampard has opened the door for more first team opportunities for the club’s youngsters after Tom Cannon capped a memorable 24 hours this week when he followed up his senior debut at Bournemouth with a two-goal blast for the Under-21s in their 2-1 comeback in over their Paris Saint-Germain counterparts in the Premier League International Cup.
Aintree-born Cannon bagged a brace at Walton Hall Park on Wednesday after coming off the bench at the Vitality Stadium the previous night to replace Neal Maupay and play the last nine minutes of the Blues’ 4-1 defeat in the Carabao Cup.
With Everton struggling for goals this season – they’ve netted just 11 in 14 Premier League games to date and Lampard has just revealed main striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin is now nursing three separate injuries – 19-year-old Cannon, who has been with the club since the age of 10, is offering a potential solution from within having been top scorer for the second string last season and hitting the net six times in Premier League 2 so far this term.
