Five players who’ll stay up if their clubs go down…
It looks like being three from four in the Premier League relegation scrap. But this quintet should stay up regardless…
Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Should Everton’s descent continue all the way to the Championship, there will be an exodus from Goodison likely led by the manager. Where Frank Lampard goes from there, who knows? But we know already that he won’t have as many offers as his leading centre-forward.
The queue for Calvert-Lewin began forming two years ago, when Manchester United positioned themselves towards the front. Since then, Arsenal seem to have jostled their way to the head of the line, with the Gunners in dire need of a striker when their two remaining centre-forwards become free agents in the summer.
United seem rather more keen on Richarlison these days, despite his poor form this season. Calvert-Lewin’s recent body of work is hardly impressive – he’s missed most of the season because of injury – but memories of both terrorising Premier League defences are fresh enough to ensure they will get the moves necessary to spare them the ignominy of playing in the second tier.
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