DOMESTIC BLISS

Calvert-Lewin opens up on his move to Leeds and how the support of his family was crucial when he decided to leave Everton

- BY JOHN CROSS

DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN has taken the “long way round” before making himself feel at home again.

The striker is relishing what he calls a “second phase of his career” with Leeds United, where he is enjoying his football as much as ever and is scoring goals.

It is a measure of Calvert-Lewin's mental strength that he decided to leave Everton and make himself a free agent last summer in search of a fresh start.

There were other opportunities and it would have been easy to jump at the first offer. But for a proud Yorkshireman, he knew he was making the right choice with Leeds.

“I knew from the first day that I walked in at Leeds and I heard Yorkshire accents that I felt at home,’ he said.

“The staff all speaking like me. I felt very comfortable and it’s a very close knit group of lads. It a freeing feeling to be enjoying football like I am at the moment. I've always known that I play my best football when I’m enjoying it.