Benitez lauds Calvert-Lewin and discusses Everton transfer business

Football
15 Jul 2021 • 1:42 PM MYT
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Everton manager Rafa Benitez is full of praise for the club's star striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

The English centre-forward excelled under former boss Carlo Ancelotti and will be hoping to continue his prolific scoring under Benitez.

The ex-Liverpool boss is hoping to win over fans and doubters during the club's preseason and in the opening weeks of the new Premier League campaign.

He also spoke about the futures of stars Richarlison and James Rodriguez.

Benitez said: "Everybody knows that this club has spent a lot of money in the last few years so that means you must respect Financial Fair Play.

"So you have to manage it in the best way possible. If you have players with big salaries that normally aren't playing then you want to find a solution and this solution will mean you have money to spend on new players.

"We have to be ambitious and we have to manage the situation. It is very easy to see that we have a great centre-forward. He's very good in the air, he can score goals. But we have to provide him with good crosses, good passes.

"So the objective is to add the players to improve. We can improve in these areas and, from the wide areas, the crosses will come. When we can do that, the team will be better."