Dominic Calvert-Lewin is undergoing a medical at Leeds with a view to sealing a free transfer to the promoted Premier League club.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old centre-forward has been a free agent since leaving Everton<\/a> in June after nine years. He scored 71 times in 273 appearances for the club and described his departure as \u201cincredibly difficult\u201d.<\/p>\n Moving to Elland Road, where he is poised to become the eighth recruit of a busy summer, would bring the former Sheffield United player back to his native Yorkshire. Calvert-Lewin would compete with the former Wolfsburg forward Lukas Nmecha and last season\u2019s Championship top scorer, Jo\u00ebl Piroe, for a place in Daniel Farke\u2019s XI.<\/p>\n Calvert-Lewin\u2019s arrival would be expected to accelerate Patrick Bamford\u2019s departure from Leeds. Farke has told Bamford he has no future at the club. His fellow forward Mateo Joseph has joined Mallorca on loan.<\/p>\n Calvert-Lewin, like Bamford, has struggled with injuries in recent seasons. He has 11 England caps, scoring four goals, but last played for his country in 2021.<\/p>\n Newcastle are among a clutch of clubs who had considered Calvert-Lewin, scorer of three goals last season, but they decided he was too injury-prone.<\/p>\n The Fulham striker Rodrigo Muniz had ranked high on Farke\u2019s attacking shortlist but, providing Calvert-Lewin\u2019s medical proceeds as planned, Leeds seem unlikely to continue that pursuit.<\/p>\n Fulham are anxious to retain Muniz but he has recently been the subject of a near-\u00a335m bid from Atalanta and is another option considered by Newcastle as Eddie Howe reshapes his frontline.<\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n Sign up to Football Daily<\/p>\n Kick off your evenings with the Guardian’s take on the world of football<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Bournemouth<\/strong> have signed Bafod\u00e9 Diakit\u00e9 from Lille<\/strong> to replace Illia Zabarnyi, who joined PSG<\/a> on Tuesday. Bournemouth have paid an initial \u00a330m for Diakit\u00e9 and will bank almost \u00a340m profit on Zabarnyi, who was sold in a \u00a357m deal.<\/p>\n