Arsenal have been linked with a move to sign Dominic Calvert-Lewin from Everton this summer, but Kevin Phillips wants the club to aim higher.
The England international may be in want of a move to a bigger club, but given his struggles throughout the current term, it is difficult to argue his cause.
Phillips claims he can see why we are supposedly interest in his signing, but as an Arsenal fan he simply doesn’t want to see us invest a substantial sum in bringing him to north London.
“It’s a strange one,” he told the Football Insider.
“I think when he’s fully fit and firing, I can see it. But putting my Arsenal cap on, as an Arsenal fan – would it really excite me?
“If I’m holding my hands up, no.
“It would cost a lot of money in transfer fees and wages, so I would steer clear. If you’re going to make a statement then you’d set your targets a bit higher.
“That being said, if you can get him for the right money – he could be a really good signing for Arsenal.”
It has definitely been a season to forget for DCL, as it has been for most currently playing for Everton, who are currently on course for relegation from the Premier League. Should they drop out of the top division, he could well become available for a cut-price fee however, and it could well be a shrewd signing for the right fee.
Personally I’d prefer to see his team-mate Richarlison in our famous colours, but that is a whole other story.
Would you be able to get excited about the potential signing for Dominic?
Patrick
Patrick
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He is the ideal type player we need when fit but as a result of his poor injury record, he can only be taken on trust
I’m not the Oracle from The Matrix, but I’ve carefully considered DCL’S injury record, his wage demands, signing fees and can confidently say: DCL is not the ONE. Still praying for Jesus.
You can’t possibly know his actual wage demands or fee just the speculation surrounding them. Everton are in a financial mess even if they stay up. If they get relegated fees will be low especially for DCL. There will be an insane amount of strikers available next window either free or cheap which will knock down his price further as will the injury record this year. Both those factors will also knock down his wage demands.
In the scenario where he is available very cheap I think he’s ideal to compliment another striking option. Free us to spend more elsewhere.
Now had Everton had a decent season looking at Europe next year and were quoting 60-80 mil for him I’d go elsewhere but that will not be the case. Could be a very good option if they as likely get relegated if not the same people shooting down the idea will be moaning when he goes on to have a decent season with the prem club that decides to sign him.
Either way I trust the transfer process think it has been steadily improving since Wengers last season.
Defentiley not 60+M player after this season. In fact I would take Richarlison over him.
If all our strikers left, Lacca and Eddie, we would need numbers. Won’t mind him at the correct fee.
In fact, I do not understand (probably because I do not watch Everton matches) how this Everton side (with the names in the squad) is fighting relegation. They finished two points behind Arsenal last season, 59 pts.
Arsenal finished that low because of variant factors that were only short-term: pandemic effect on our ability to shift players wages, those players then being stuck at the club not wanting to be there including 2 outside the squad, not being able to fill other gaps in the squad as a result, injuries to key players Partey, Tierney, ESR, Gabriel etc. and a major rebuild being in play. We also had various young players you’d expect to continue to improve. Everton on the other hand started strong and had little injury issues, that was the level of the team that has been poorly and expensively assembled overall and is not currently in a rebuild phase. Ancelotti jumped, had to shift James who they only had because of Ancelotti, brought in the unpopular Rafa and had no money to spend due to FFP. They had/have long term issues and no rebuild phase.
Honestly they should of sold DCL or Richarlison or both last year to free funds and brought in a young manager to build something with those funds. Gerrard would of been a good option even Lampard that they’ve ended up with and I’m sure there is up and comers on the continent. Howe would of been a good choice too. Anyone that could come in for the long-term. They gambled on Rafa being able to shore it up defensively and work with the crumbs.
Wouldn’t of expected them to go down but bottom half was always likely and the relegation is not completely surprising. Compare it to Leicester who have also struggled with injuries/consistency but have built a better squad more financially stable squad and you can see the issue.
Actually serves as a good reminder that the club has never been as poorly run as people make out. It was not being run exceptionally either but we’ve never been close to being in Everton’s situation and potentially facing ruin. Hard to see them come back from this anytime soon. Long time sleeping Championship giants ala Leeds or worse ala Pompey for them on the horizon.
I find it astounding that Patrick actually seems to rate Richarlison He has writtgen that thought in previous articles too, not merely this one. IMO Richarlison is a big, clumsy, ungainly, non scoring lump and to be avoided like the plague, as he certainly will be.
Likewise DCL ,though not an ungainly lump, will not be of any interest to MA.
I am certain of that and thankful that our striker ambitions lie far higher than these two non scoring, likely soon to be relegated players.