By Elliott Johnson
Fans have voted Dominic Calvert-Lewin as the winner of the EA Sports Premier League Player of the Month.
With five goals in his opening three league games there wasn’t really much doubt on who would be taking home the award.
Calvert-Lewin also becomes the first Everton player to win the award since Romelu Lukaku, was named Player of the Month in March 2017.
This was during his impeccable twenty-five goal season for the Toffees before securing a £75million move to Manchester United.
The decision to have Calvert-Lewin win the award is decided via a public voting poll on the EA Sports website with six nominees listed for fans to vote on who they think was the best player in the aforementioned month.
Fans can also vote on who should be the manager of the month and can even vote for the Carling Goal of the Month on the Premier League website.
As a reward, players of the popular football video game, Fifa 21 will be able to earn a boosted version of Dominic Calvert-Lewin’s Fifa Ultimate Team card.
This is themed around him clinching the Player of the Month award, in the Squad Building Challenge section of the FUT menu.
Alongside Calvert-Lewin, fellow teammate James Rodriguez received a nomination after his sublime start to life in the Premier League, with Liverpool’s star-studded winger Sadio Mane also receiving a nomination.
Other nominations included Leeds striker Patrick Bamford, new Leicester signing Timothy Castagne and his teammate Jamie Vardy.
Spurs forward Harry Kane and Brighton youngster Tariq Lamptey were also named as nominees for the award.
However, Calvert-Lewin has been able to shrug off all these worthy candidates to round off what has been a truly glimmering month for the young English striker.
Despite receiving criticism in the past, Dominic Calvert-Lewin has morphed into the perfect successor to Romelu Lukaku.
The youngsters form started to find momentum under the tutorage of Duncan Ferguson during his short stint as caretaker manager.
The subsequent arrival of Carlo Ancelotti back in December, has only seen Calvert-Lewin flourish even further.
Calvert-Lewin has already started this month in fine form, scoring a brace in the 4-2 victory over Brighton.
It’s certainly a month that Everton’s gritty number nine will never forget as he hopes to replicate his excellent form in September.
Calvert-Lewin will be hoping to top his performances from September with a immense performance in the Merseyside Derby.
It is a fixture that Everton have gone decade without clinching a victory, the longest in the derbies history.
A tremendous month for the young striker with Evertonian’s hoping that he can continue his excellent form into October.
