{"id":402805,"date":"2025-09-06T14:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/402805\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T14:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:03:14","slug":"what-leeds-united-insiders-are-saying-about-dominic-calvert-lewin-behind-the-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/402805\/","title":{"rendered":"What Leeds United insiders are saying about Dominic Calvert-Lewin behind the scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All eyes are now on Dominic Calvert-Lewin at Leeds United. The striker has huge pressure to prove prolific for his new club.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Defensively, Leeds United<\/a> have looked relatively steady this season. Bar that 5-0 defeat against Arsenal<\/a> last month, Daniel Farke\u2019s<\/a> side have kept two clean sheets in their opening three Premier League matches.<\/p>\n

Neither Everton nor Newcastle United really threatened Leeds at Elland Road<\/a>, so it certainly looks as though Farke\u2019s defensive and midfield signings have improved the side at that end of the pitch.<\/p>\n

But at the other end, not so much. The Whites have just one goal to their name in their opening three games in the league, and that was a Lukas Nmecha penalty in the 1-0 win over Everton<\/a> on the opening day.<\/p>\n

Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/a> has had a mixed start to life at Leeds, too. But the former Everton man now has huge pressure to score the goals this season, after Leeds United failed to sign any new players on deadline day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"DominicPhoto by Michael Regan\/Getty ImagesLeeds United\u2019s Dominic Calvert-Lewin plan shared<\/p>\n

It was clear that Leeds needed strikers this summer. Eventually, Farke signed two in Calvert-Lewin and Nmecha, but both have patchy injury records to say the least. Leeds United though are hoping that improvements to the club\u2019s facilities and their existing medical staff can keep both players, specifically Calvert-Lewin, fit throughout the campaign.<\/p>\n

Leeds Live<\/a> report that \u2018\u00a3250,000 has been invested into the wet room and sauna area for muscle recovery\u2019, with two new gymnasiums and a \u2018revamped medical area\u2019 funded by the owners.<\/p>\n

The same report also adds that \u2018boardroom sources have outlined their steadfast faith in the club\u2019s medical staff\u2019, pointing out how the likes of Manor Solomon stayed fit throughout last season, with Ilia Gruev and Junior Firpo returning fit after long injury lay-offs.<\/p>\n

\"DanielPhoto by Richard Sellers\/Sportsphoto\/Allstar via Getty Images <\/p>\n

MORE LEEDS UNITED STORIES<\/p>\n

Dominic Calvert-Lewin\u2019s injury record at Everton is very worrying<\/p>\n

Few doubt that Calvert-Lewin has been a good Premier League player in the past. He has a record of 57 goals in 240 Premier League games with 18 assists on top of that too.<\/p>\n

But too often he\u2019s not been available, and he\u2019s had patchy spells in front of goal which is no doubt a symptom of him having injuries so often.<\/p>\n\nSeason<\/strong><\/td>\nDays missed through injury<\/strong><\/td>\nGames missed<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n24\/25<\/td>\n110 days<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n23\/24<\/td>\n51 days<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n22\/23<\/td>\n223 days<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n21\/22<\/td>\n145 days<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n20\/21<\/td>\n34 days<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n18\/19<\/td>\n27 days<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n17\/18<\/td>\n69 days<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n16\/17<\/td>\n55 days<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Speaking recently, pundit Jon Newsome gave his verdict on Calvert-Lewin<\/a> and the pressure he now has on his shoulders, saying: \u201cYou bring in Dominic Calvert-Lewin who I think we all know is a very good footballer but we\u2019ve got to keep him fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can and he starts getting minutes and starts excelling that\u2019s great, but I do think we need a little bit more back-up. So, I\u2019m disappointed ultimately that they haven\u2019t brought anyone in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keeping Calvert-Lewin fit is one thing: if the Leeds staff can do that then they\u2019ll have done their job. But getting him firing in front of goal is another thing and that\u2019s a tough job for Farke and for Calvert-Lewin too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All eyes are now on Dominic Calvert-Lewin at Leeds United. The striker has huge pressure to prove prolific…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,33761,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-402805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-dominic-calvert-lewin","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-leeds","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115157729910152560","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402805","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=402805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/402805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=402805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=402805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=402805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}