£50m Toon target suffers serious 'knee injury' - Summer move to Newcastle now a non-starter?

If the latest reports on Dominic Calvert-Lewin are true, he's another player who won't be arriving at St James' Park this summer.

According to Football Insider, the Everton striker looks set to be missing for THREE months after suffering a serious knee injury in training.

They claim that scans have revealed ligament damage, saying he's 'torn his lateral collateral ligament' and will be sidelined until November as a result.

This comes after the striker managed only 18 appearances last season due to a fractured toe and will almost certainly end our summer interest in the 25-year-old, if true.

Both The Telegraph and The Athletic have confirmed our interest in Calvert-Lewin over the past few months. It seems Everton's valuation - of more than £50m - always meant a deal was unlikely, but this is another name we can scratch off the list, it seems, and a fresh blow for Frank Lampard just a few days before the new season kicks off.