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title: "Exclusive: Dean Windass says Barnsley’s Daryl Dike could replace Calvert-Lewin"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/dean-windass-thinks-barnsleys-daryl-dike-could-replace-calvert-lewin-e76/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Jake Sanders"
section: "Barnsley News"
published: "2021-04-09T11:06:45Z"
modified: "2021-04-09T11:06:45Z"
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# Exclusive: Dean Windass says Barnsley’s Daryl Dike could replace Calvert-Lewin

**Dean Windass has exclusively told the [Transfer Tavern](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/) that Barnsley striker Daryl Dike could replace Dominic Calvert-Lewin at Everton, should they lose him this summer.**

Despite boasting the likes Richarlison and Josh King as well as the England striker, recent reports have suggested that [the Toffees have been tracking](https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/transfers/2020-2021/manchester-city-and-chelsea-see-romelu-lukaku-as-ideal-back-up-plan-transfer-notebook_sto8198835/story.shtml) the American sensation following his superb form for Barnsley [since moving there in January](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55894102#:~:text=Barnsley%20Daryl%20Dike%20was%20the%20fifth%20pick%20in,Monday%20in%20a%20win%20over%20Trinidad%20and%20Tobago.).

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Dike made the switch to the MLS from Orlando City on loan for the remainder of the season, and has impressed quite significantly at Oakwell, [scoring seven goals in 13 outings](https://www.transfermarkt.com/daryl-dike/leistungsdaten/spieler/638741), including a brace in their Easter Monday victory over Luton.

King’s Everton deal expires in the summer having only joined on a short-term deal from Bournemouth in January, but Windass believes that it’s more likely Dike, who’s also on [Leeds’ radar](https://www.teamtalk.com/news/exclusive-premier-league-giants-track-barnsley-striker-daryl-dike), would come in to replace Calvert-Lewin.

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Calvert-Lewin is enjoying by far the most prolific season of his Toffees career, and is already on a [career-high 14 Premier goals despite scoring just three since Christmas](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dominic-calvert-lewin/leistungsdaten/spieler/306024).

Windass told the **Transfer Tavern**:

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*“He’s going well, and speaking to Mark Crossley, one of my ex-teammates, he said they’re very direct and play to the boy’s strengths.*

*“I can see him at Everton, I can’t see him at Leeds. I can only see it at Everton if Calvert-Lewin isn’t there. The boy from Barnsley, is it too big of a step at this present time? So Everton I can see, if Calvert-Lewin goes.”*

It’s hard to imagine a situation where Calvert-Lewin leaves Everton this summer, but if the Toffees don’t renew King’s contract, then Dike would be a shrewd addition in that sense.

He’s hit the ground running in the Championship, and at just 20-years-old, is already looking quite some player.