Dominic Calvert-Lewin has revealed that he has been studying Filippo Inzaghi's game after he was recently compared to the former AC Milan striker by his Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti.
Calvert-Lewin has nine goals in six games this season, including two hat-tricks, and is the Premier League's joint-top scorer along with Tottenham forward Son Heung-min.
Gareth Southgate has called up the 23-year-old forward for the first time and he will likely make his senior international debut in the coming days, with England set to face Wales, Belgium and Denmark.
"Funnily enough, he mentioned it to me before he came out and said it in the press," Calvert-Lewin said at St George's Park. "I had a little YouTube of his goals and I watched a 15-minute reel of him. A lot of his goals are one-touch finishes and he has got great movement.
"You can always learn off him, I am still learning now. I am learning my craft. [Carlo] has had a positive influence on me. At the age I am getting to now, I am evolving and learning my craft.
"I am fine-tuning certain aspects of my game. Beforehand, I was guilty of doing a lot of my best work away from the goal. But now I am getting in between the sticks and putting the ball in the back of the net.
"That analogy from Carlo was more of an emphasis on being in the right place at the right time, not to say I am a carbon copy of Pippo Inzaghi but there are elements of his game that I have been showing in my game and they are one-touch finishes and being in the right areas to put the ball in the back of the net."
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