As a former teammate makes a contract claim, Alan Shearer says the Everton player is “lonely.”

This is what Theo Walcott thinks: Everton should do everything they can to keep Dominic Calvert-Lewin. As of now, the forward has turned down the club’s offer of new terms, even though his deal runs out in the summer.

The club’s door is still open, and they are still talking with the player’s camp about what’s going on.

Although Walcott and Calvert-Lewin played together for the Blues, they should keep working together, especially before the move to the new stadium next season.

According to Walcott, after Everton’s draw with Fulham, which was saved by a goal in extra time by Beto, who replaced Dominic Calvert-Lewin, “you wouldn’t want to lose someone like Dominic Calvert-Lewin at the club going into the new stadium.”

“He acts in a way that sometimes plays to Everton’s strengths, but I think he needs a partner to help him out.”

After trying it out last season, Dyche has tried playing Beto with him, but it didn’t work. The lines might need to be rethought if Armando Broja or Youssef Chermiti get fit again.

The 27-year-old player hasn’t been getting enough help this season, so co-analyst Alan Shearer felt sorry for him. Issa Diop, Calvin Bassey, and Sander Berge, three big center backs for Fulham, pushed him around all by himself.

Shearer said, “I assume he’s been asked to play a lonely part.” Not as many accidents are happening now that he has a run of games.

His goal percentage isn’t great—only one out of every four shots—but he doesn’t miss a lot of chances.

“And if you have him, you have to play in a certain way.” He’s most dangerous in the box, so you need to get balls up and into it.