Everton are closing on a £1million deal for Sheffield United forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin.The 19-year-old had a spell on loan at League Two Northampton last season before returning to Bramall Lane. He scored eight goals in 35 appearances across the 2015-16 campaign.
Calvert-Lewin made his Blades debut as a substitute in a 1-1 draw at Leyton Orient late in the 2014-15 season, having previously spent time on loan at National League North outfit Stalybridge Celtic, where he scored five goals.Dominic Calvert-Lewin had a successful loan stint with Northampton last term and could cost Everton
The teenager scored eight times for the team that won League Two, before he returned to Sheffield United
The attacker spent the first half of last season at Sixfields Stadium, playing 26 times for the team that would eventually runaway with the League Two title.And despite Sheffield United now being managed by Chris Wilder, who was in charge at Northampton during Calvert-Lewin's spell with the club, the Blades face losing their homegrown star to the Merseyside giants.The teenager would represent Everton's second signing on new boss Ronald Koeman's watch, following last week's capture of goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg from Fulham.
The Goodison Park club has nevertheless already been busy this summer adding to the ranks of its much vaunted youth set-up.Calvert-Lewin is expected to join up with the Toffees' Under 21s, where his team-mates would include Bassala Sambou, the 18-year-old striker recruited from Coventry City, and goalkeeper Chris Renshaw, another 18-year-old, brought in from Oldham Athletic.Everton also added 16-year-old defender Nathan Baxter to their youth programme last week. The Manchester born player, who moved to Holland in 2006, had been with Vitesse Arnhem's academy since 2014.
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