Everton v Leeds United: Daniel Farke's memo to Dominic Calvert-Lewin ahead of Blues return

Calvert-Lewin has enjoyed a productive first campaign at Elland Road in a rewind to his best form with the Toffees, where he spent nine seasons.

Earlier this winter, the Sheffield-born forward joined a group of just 15 players to score in seven successive Premier League games and his feats recently earned him the top-flight player-of-the-season accolade for December.

While undoubtedly pleased with his form, Farke has added a caveat regarding the Sheffielder, who scored 71 goals in 273 games for Everton.

Speaking ahead of United's first-ever trip to the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Monday evening, Farke said: "I'm not willing to (totally) sing his praise after five or six good months.

"I'm willing to sing his praise about him fully after a really good season.

"Dominic is for me an outstanding striker, one of the best English strikers around. And he doesn't have to prove it on Premier League level anymore.

"For that, he has way too many games and goals. But he needs to deliver one top-class season in total for Leeds United.

"He's on a good path, but if he stops right now scoring goals and now delivering performances, then we will just speak about a solid season.

"And I want to speak after the season about a historical season, about a second-to-none one; an outstanding season.”

On convincing the Yorkshireman to switch to Elland Road last summer at the end of his Everton deal, Farke continued: “We had to be smart and a bit creative also in the transfer market.

"We've done this not just with him, but also with Lukas (Nmecha). It was also a free transfer. Of course, when a player is a free transfer and had some injury problems before, he has never a guarantee.

"So it could have also turned out the other way around. But we were always believing in the skills of our strikers, their potential and also the character.

"These two players are credit also to our scouting and recruitment that we are able to do this smart signings. Because due to the PSR rules and rules in general, our financial behaviour has to be disciplined and we have to do smart business. And these were definitely two pieces of smart business."

Just as Farke has highlighted his desire for Calvert-Lewin to show longevity over the course of a full season, the opposite number with whom he does tactical battle with on Monday possesses that quality over a lot longer.

Everton manager David Moyes's accomplishments, at both Everton and West Ham, stand the test of time and while some managers can struggle in their second spell at a club, it has not affected the seasoned Scot.

After some tense, relegation struggles in his time away, the Blues have got back on message under him and find themselves in the top-six picture.

Farke continued: "I couldn't have more respect for what David has achieved.

"You just have to have a look at his CV. For me, a quality player and a quality manager is always defined by the performance over the long term.

"I don't believe you can label a manager as quality when he's shown two good months or perhaps one good season in lucky circumstances.

"David has proven this over decades and he has given so much stability to his clubs whenever it was needed. It was not like he was always handed a squad and where it was more or less easy to win each and every game. His handwriting is always to see."