Everton boss Sean Dyche spoke on the possibility of selling players but only for the right price ahead of their Premier League opener against Brighton and Hove Albion
Finch Farm, Liverpool, UK
Finch Farm, Liverpool, UK
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00:00I just wonder as well whether it impacts a player like Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
00:03We know he's into the final year of his contract as well.
00:05Are attempts still being made to get him to commit beyond next summer,
00:09or do you just have to part with that?
00:10Yeah, we've spoken openly, or I certainly have, about, you know, constantly trying to be open with the players,
00:15Kev more so than me, with our advisors often and agents.
00:19And we still try and do that.
00:20So, you know, Dom's in the pitch.
00:21He's worked very hard in pre-season.
00:24I think he's looked sharp in pre-season.
00:26So we just want him to take that on to the pitch.
00:28Just if a decent offer came in for him, though, obviously it makes business sense to let him go,
00:34or take him as a contingency player?
00:35Well, that would be the challenge for the club to decide what level any player, not just Dom.
00:40You know, you saw with Amadou leaving us, you know, there was a level where they think,
00:43right, that's it, it's got to be done.
00:45And that's the current situation at the club.
00:47So it's not just about the players mentioned, it's about any player.
00:49Does that mean, though, that you're confident that the group of players,
00:52the first-team group that you have now, you will still have here at Christmas?
00:56No, not necessarily.
00:56It means that I'm confident that the club are going to do the best they can to make sure we're competitive.
01:01But equally, the club's got an outside picture, which is quite obvious.
01:04And that's not something that I can control.
01:06You know, they do need to balance the finances better.
01:08We've done a lot of work with that since I've been here,
01:11and Kev obviously included in that, on the playing side of things,
01:15to bring money in and lower the wage bill.
01:16And we've done a pretty fair job, I would say, of that.
01:19But the bigger picture of the club is dependent on what money is needed at any given time.