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Chris Nee

'I was on my own on my birthday, crying on my bedroom floor. I think it was feeling of having all the pressure of the football club on your shoulders' Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin opens up after hitting rock bottom

Arsenal target LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 17: Dominic Calvert-Lewin of Everton during the Premier League match between Everton FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC at Goodison Park on August 17, 2024 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images).

The stresses and strains of football at the elite level are often overlooked or belittled by supporters but they are very real and can be difficult to navigate.

Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin has experienced the full range of the game’s emotions, from the elation of goals in the Premier League and for England to injury problems and on-pitch pressures of relegation battles.

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