Everton dismiss reports in Italy that Roma are eyeing swoop for Calvert-Lewin
Everton have dismissed reports linking Roma with Dominic Calvert-Lewin and have no desire to sell at this stage.
A report from Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport had earlier claimed that Roma are seriously interested in presenting an official offer for the 26-year-old centre-forward, who has had difficulties in the last two seasons.
But Everton have moved to deny those links around their main striker.
Roma boss Jose Mourinho has shown a habit of targeting Premier League players as he continues to try and build a squad capable of winning Serie A.
Rui Patricio, Chris Smalling, Nemanja Matic, Tammy Abraham, Diego Llorente and Rasmus Kristensen have all left England for Rome in recent seasons.
Mourinho is in the market for a striker in a bid to allow Abraham to ease back to full fitness after his knee injury and also offer Paulo Dybala a strong partner similar to Mario Mandzukic at Juventus.
Calvert-Lewin struggled to make much of an impact when Sean Dyche arrived last season to salvage Everton's season.
The Englishman made just 17 appearances last season as he was blighted with injury problems.
During a tough run-in, Dyche showed patience with Calvert-Lewin and he will hope that can be rewarded with a glut of goals this campaign.
'It's not patience in terms of holding him back for the sake of it. It's the risk and reward scenarios that come in football and it's difficult sometimes,' Dyche said back in May.
'You're very tempted, as a manager, to push players back in too early but in my experience it doesn't often pay you back.'
Everton's 2023-24 league campaign starts against Fulham on August 12.
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