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Marco Silva has reiterated his desire for potentially five more signings to come into Everton before Thursday's transfer deadline.

The Blues confirmed the arrival of Jean-Philippe Gbamin on Friday evening to become the club's fourth transfer of the summer – following Jonas Lossl, Andre Gomes and Fabian Delph through the doors at Goodison Park.

However, the manager is still desperate for more arrivals, and has called on Everton's hierarchy to deliver new players in a number of positions before the transfer window closes on Thursday.

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Silva said following his side's draw with Werder Bremen: “We have to [be busy]. We have to.

“In this moment, as you know, our number is not really big. We need some more players.

“We lost one central defender. He was not our player but we lost him. We lost Gana, Lookman also.

“So we have to look for one winger. We have to look for one central defender. Let’s see in the middle zone if we do something more or not. Then a possible striker and right back.

“It has to be a really busy week. Of course, it is not the best things but our board and our football structure, they are trying to do their best to give us the conditions to be more competitive and be a better team.”

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Moise Kean is closing in on a move to Everton and could become the club's fifth summer signing in the coming days.

However, the manager refused to be drawn on the young Italian striker joining the Blues until the move is officially confirmed.

Silva added: “I can’t talk about him now as there is nothing official. Let us see what we can do. I hope we can finalise it.

“In this moment, we have Cenk, Dominic - a young striker - and we are looking for a striker to improve our squad.

“Once we have signed him, then I can tell you about the feedback and what is my feelings about him."

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Fabian Delph was withdrawn through injury after five minutes of Everton's 0-0 draw with Werder Bremen on Saturday and Silva was cautious when giving an update on the midfielder, but admitted he could need a scan in the coming days.

He remarked: "We haven't had all the feedback from the medical staff yet, but we have to wait now.

"Let's see over the next few days. I think on Sunday or Monday we will find out more about what it is.

"It looks nothing really serious, but it's in the groin. It's [a scan] possible, I'm not sure yet, I haven't spoke to the doctor yet.

"I spoke to him [Delph] and he's not in full pain but he feels something there.

"It's not a good thing when something like that happens. We are preparing for one game, and as you know our squad is not really big.

"Our bench this afternoon is not what I want, but it's what we have in this moment.

"At this moment our number is not really big to have these type of problems."

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Injury to Delph could potentially make him a doubt for the match against Crystal Palace next weekend.

However, Silva is still wary of the issues surrounding introducing Gbamin to the fold too early, and is keen to see how the Ivory Coast international settles into USM Finch Farm before making any decision on his involvement at Selhurst Park.

The boss said: “The problem is when the players arrive in the last few days before the Premier League is starting.

“In this moment, if you ask me now it looks impossible that he can start. But in football, nothing is impossible so let’s see how he starts.

“He started training this morning but he hasn’t done anything for the last three or four weeks.

“Will he be ready in three or four days? Of course not. But we have problems in that position.

“Let’s see how he works this week and adapts to the different methodologies.”