Dominic Calvert-Lewin could be a surprise inclusion in the opposing line-up after David Orstein confirmed in The Athletic today that the free agent is about to secure a move to newly promoted Leeds Utd. 

The 28-year-old striker who refused to sign a new contract at Everton after 9 years with the club is expected to compete a medical today and could be in consideration to make his debut when The Toffees kick off the new Premier League campaign at Elland Road on Monday.

Calvert-Lewin has been available since he confirmed in June that he would be leaving Evertonas a free agent when his contract expired. 

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Ryan Holroyd
1 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:03:23
Calvert-Lewin is joining Leeds Utd…
Jake FitzGerald
2 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:17:12
Ryan - Monday’s gonna be spicy. Leeds were desperate for a forward.
Andrew Merrick
3 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:22:43
Impartially I am interested to see how he shapes up in a different team.
I had about given up on him as a prem finisher, my feeling was that his role with Sean Dyche frustrated his best efforts, and we were done with each other.
I wont begrudge him a second coming, just not against us please..
Kevin Molloy
4 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:25:54
magine the horror of a DCL hatrick, at Elland Road under the lights, and Grealish falls over three times in the first twenty minutes.
the Liver Forum should sell tickets
Paul Hewitt
5 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:26:33
I thought he wanted a bigger club in the Champions League?
Kevin Molloy
6 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:29:21
the Gods may have misheard him Paul. Next season he'll be at the biggest club in the Championship
Ryan Holroyd
7 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:30:17
Be worth DCL scoring to see Paul Kossoff reaction 😂
Paul Hewitt
8 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:33:52
He must be thinking, what have I done. Could have been playing in a fantastic new stadium, with Grealish and KDH. Instead he's playing at a crumbling Elland road with a far worse team.
Rob Beattie
9 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:38:19
TFFT
John Charles
10 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:38:28
Haha great news Leeds will never score now.
Ian Jones
11 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:41:49
Well, he's a Yorkshire lad, needs to play, has gone to a 'big club' in terms of history, even if it's ancient history.

Paul H, I agree with you. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Would be interesting to see how much he's getting paid at Leeds compared to what we were offering...as long as he is happy. Interested to hear his signing-on interview. Being a smart guy, he'll get the tone right.

Brendan McLaughlin
12 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:46:41
Kevin #4

" a DCL hatrick"

The first... a thunderbolt from well outside the box.

The second... a mazy run which takes out three defenders and ends with an unerring finish into the top corner from an acute angle.

And the third, a one on... naw nothing to fear here.

Nicholas Ryan
13 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:52:42
So, instead of being 'fed' by Jack Grealish, he'll be 'fed' by Jack Harrison... not quite the 'new challenge' he had in mind!!
Scott Hamilton
14 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:55:12
So, Monday will be handbags at dawn then.
Phil (Kelsall) Roberts
15 Posted 13/08/2025 at 11:57:43
Can Leeds afford £130,000 per week?
Jimmy Carr
16 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:00:54
Good luck to him, his final goal at Goodison was class. Massive gamble for whoever signs him due to his injury record. Hope he doesn't play against us next week as it's almost inevitable that he'll score.
Paul Hewitt
17 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:03:34
Off topic but just read Vitesse Arneme has had it licence to play in Dutch football revoked, they no longer exist. The reason is because they received large illegal payments from russian companies years ago. Got me thinking of USM and Usmanov.
Mark Taylor
18 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:06:29
No wonder he sacked his agent. I think he missed his chance when Newcastle were sniffing in January. Sure he would have been a second or even third choice and maybe the wages would therefore have been short of his agent's promises, but at least he would have had a chance at a 'big' club. Instead he got injured again.

Now relegation favourites beckon. And maybe even second or even third choice. Wonder if he's on more than a year contract. Fan forum are worried about biscuit like tendency and about getting a 'new Bamford'.

Danny O'Neill
19 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:08:00
Jake @2, it was always going to be. I know we have to play everyone twice over the season, but it's always tricky playing a newly promoted team in the first match of the season.

Pleased that Calvert-Lewin has found a club. Injury free, maybe now, and injury free, he can get his head back on football. I'm sure he will get a decent reception when he returns to Everton.

Not quite meeting his criteria of wanting to play for a team challenging for Champions League, but at least he'll be back to playing football.

Andrew Bentley
20 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:11:11
This move has completely flummoxed me! Must be paying him a wedge.

Like others I was expecting him to be picked up by a Newcastle or Utd as a back up striker or go abroad tbh, to join a team playing in Europe. Yes he’s a Yorkshire lad but to go to Leeds and fight relegation for a season - thought he was looking for a change, ha ha ha

Wish him well as I was a fan of his but no wonder he sacked his agent as he’s royally cocked up this move

Jake FitzGerald
21 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:15:58
I’m delighted for him, Danny. It takes bollocks to bin your agent and do the deals yourself. Hope he gets a good run for Leeds starting Tuesday.
Steve Byles
22 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:27:45
We were right to bin him, his move just goes to show his decline.
Bob Parrington
23 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:29:47
Pity he will perhaps be in round 1 this season because he will probably be injured for the rest of the year!

Don't like his attitude to Everton tbh.

Tony McNulty
24 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:36:56
Writing in the Times a while back, Cascarino pointed out that latterly DCL was playing like a player carrying an injury. He wasn't putting himself about any more as maybe he did in his prime.

This is one reason why there were lots of dry eyes in the McNulty household once DCL decided to move on.

I wonder how easily he will pass his medical? If he does play against us and is involved in a one-on-one, a star will rise in the East if he scores.

James Marshall
25 Posted 13/08/2025 at 12:46:29
Long balls and headers for Leeds then, while we thread balls through their defence or dance round them like a team of young gazelle's.

Have they still got that other injured all the time striker to go with their new injured all the time striker? Bamford wasn't it?

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