Dominic Calvert-Lewin is the first Everton player to voice concerns over the reduction of points.
The first Everton player to address the club’s point deduction is Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who says the team is still undisturbed by the ruling and that he has “sensed a lot of unity and togetherness” within the group since the punishment was applied.
When it was discovered that Everton had broken the Premier League’s financial regulations last Friday, an independent commission immediately docked them 10 points, the largest punishment of that kind in the 135-year history of the English premier league.
Until Monday, no one from the football side of the club had voiced their opinion, despite interim chief executive Colin Chong releasing a video statement the same day saying, “We believe the sanction is disproportionate and wholly unjust.”
This silence was broken on Wednesday by football director Kevin Thelwell, who stated that Everton’s efforts will now have “the additional fuel of what we believe is a wholly disproportionate ruling.”
Calvert-Lewin is the first player in the squad to speak about the situation prior to manager Sean Dyche’s pre-match news conference at Finch Farm on Friday at 1:30 p.m. versus Manchester United.
Speaking on the club’s website, he said: “I’ve played in a lot of games against United at Goodison, and the atmosphere is always incredible.
“I expect the weekend to be no different – if not, more electric. I’m sure the fans will be ready. Us as players, we’ll prepare the same as normal and make sure we’re ready to put in a performance and collect the three points.
“I think, given the circumstances, I’ve sensed a lot of unity and togetherness. We were off on the international break when the news broke, but coming back in this week, I don’t feel like it’s fazed us players.
I think, given the circumstances, I’ve sensed a lot of unity and togetherness. We were off on the international break when the news broke, but coming back in this week, I don’t feel like it’s fazed us players.
“We know, as a group, we can’t affect that. All we can affect is what’s in front of us, and that’s the game on Sunday, so we’re looking forward to that.”
Despite being plunged to joint bottom of the Premier League for off-the-field matters, the Blues go into the game having picked up seven points from their previous three fixtures and Calvert-Lewin is determined to keep up their recent good form.
He said: “Confidence is as high as it can be, and as high as it should be.
“Within those games, we’ve ground out a couple of results, but we’ve also won convincingly in some of them.
We’re taking the momentum into this weekend, and not letting the external things that we can’t really affect have an impact on us in the camp.
“We have to focus on how we have been winning games and how we have been playing well. The weekend should be no different.
having scored 50 Premier League goals for Everton after winning the game 1-0 against West Ham United on October 29.
The 26-year-old has stated his desire to achieve the century mark, trailing only Romelu Lukaku (68), Duncan Ferguson (60), and Tim Cahill (56).
“I’m proud to reach 50 goals,” stated Calvert-Lewin. It seems to have kind of slipped up, in my opinion.
“Until I was one off, I wasn’t quite conscious of it. However, I consider it a huge accomplishment, and I can’t wait to reach 100.
“The Palace goal has to be my favorite. Palace in the house.
“I have never felt such emotion in a stadium as I did after scoring that goal. That’s something I will always remember, and understandably so considering the importance of
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