Dominic Calvert-Lewin: My Story on Being Misunderstood, Judged, But Resilient (E355)

I put that responsibility on my shoulders, you know. I kind of like thought it's my responsibility to save everybody, save people's jobs, you know, because a lot to a lot to put on your shoulders. I ended up crying, you know, I was on my own on my birthday, crying on my bedroom floor. But I think it was just not knowing how to express what I was feeling in that moment. After like the last three, four seasons, it's been a lot of survival.

Wherever I play, I want to win and I want that environment to be a winning environment. That is Dominic Calvert Lewin, Everton's leading man through some of the club's toughest times, a player who's faced down injury, battled self-doubt, and felt the weight of expectation, yet he kept on coming back. Today Dominic opens up about Everton's hardest Premier League period, how a new manager reignited his passion for the game and the relentless work it takes to recover from the physical and mental setbacks. I found it really fascinating, Jake, how rare it is to hear a current footballer talking about crying on the bedroom floor.

And what about when he's mentioned the mistakes that he'd made in quite high profile circumstances and how he'd never make them again? You're totally right. I mean, I think at home you're going to be moved as Dominic talks about how he's changed over the years, how fatherhood improved his mental health. And as we speak, his contract is running down at Everton. Yeah, he explains why actually he's quite comfortable with the current situation.

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