{"id":114296,"date":"2025-05-19T12:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114296\/"},"modified":"2025-05-19T12:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:16:10","slug":"dominic-calvert-lewin-shares-emotional-goodison-park-farewell-amid-uncertain-everton-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/114296\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominic Calvert-Lewin shares emotional Goodison Park farewell amid uncertain Everton future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everton&#8217;s Dominic Calvert-Lewin has shared an emotional goodbye to Goodison Park<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin has taken to social media to say an emotional goodbye to Goodison Park. The 28-year-old, who joined for \u00a31.5million from his home city club Sheffield United in 2016, is the Blues\u2019 third-highest <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> scorer having netted 57 times in 239 matches, and has 71 goals in 273 games in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However, after registering just three times this season, the England international\u2019s <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/everton-fc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton<\/a> future is currently uncertain. After letting his contract \u2013 which expires this summer \u2013 run down, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/dominic-calvert-lewin\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Calvert-LewinLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Calvert-Lewin<\/a> was widely expected to depart on a Bosman-style free transfer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But speaking in an interview with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> Sport earlier this month, the Yorkshireman gave his clearest indication yet that he would be willing to extend his time on Merseyside.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/everton-questions-remain-unanswered-captains-31648608\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Everton questions remain unanswered as captain&#8217;s selfless act speaks volumes<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/sylvester-stallone-sends-goodison-park-31670019\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sylvester Stallone sends Goodison Park message as Everton legend delights with return<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He said: \u201cWith the new manager coming in the club is moving in the right direction, there\u2019s a new stadium and there\u2019s a lot to be positive about. Who wouldn\u2019t want to be part of that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Calvert-Lewin picked up a hamstring injury in the 1-0 win at Brighton &amp; Hove Albion on January 25, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/david-moyes\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">David Moyes<\/a>\u2019 first away game since returning as Everton manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">But having returned to fitness, he has come off the bench in the last three matches with a 15-minute run-out at the end of Goodison Park\u2019s final fixture, the 2-0 victory over Southampton, his longest cameo since returning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Writing on Instagram, he displayed two photographs of himself seated at Goodison Park and said: \u201cThe first pic by far my most emotional night at Goodison (Palace game), second pic just one from the archives and one of many.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_DCLduo190525.jpg\" alt=\"The two images of himself that Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin shared on his farewell to Goodison Park Instagram post\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>The two images of himself that Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin shared on his farewell to Goodison Park Instagram post<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cTo be the last player to wear the 9 at Goodison after so many greats before me is something that I\u2019ll forever cherish, a pleasure and a privilege. Memories that will last a lifetime, thank you Goodison Park.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Calvert-Lewin is one of a number of players whose contracts expire at the end of the season. The Blues have already confirmed that veteran full-back <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/ashley-young\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Ashley YoungLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Ashley Young<\/a> and goalkeepers <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/joao-virginia\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Joao VirginiaLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Joao Virginia<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/asmir-begovic\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Asmir BegovicLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Asmir Begovic<\/a> will be leaving when their current deals expire on June 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Blues boss Moyes said before the win over Southampton: \u201cThis is a complicated situation in many respects, with so many players out of contract this summer. It\u2019s important to me to speak with all of those players, individually, to give them clarity on their situations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cLots of factors influence our decision-making and we\u2019re currently working through that process with the players, which takes time. Some will have clarity by the end of this week, and for others it may get to next week, but it\u2019s important it\u2019s handled in the right way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe also have five players on loan and we will let them know their situations in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everton&#8217;s Dominic Calvert-Lewin has shared an emotional goodbye to Goodison Park Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin has taken to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":114297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[33761,1467,94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-114296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-dominic-calvert-lewin","9":"tag-everton-fc","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114534454838736860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}