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Marco Silva will only push Everton to make signings in the January transfer window if any of his long-term targets become available.

The Blues boss says he would love to bolster his options this month but insists a squad revamp is likely to be a "step-by-step" process.

Silva has previously stated if Everton were to make moves in the winter window then it would be a sign they had not done "everything well" in the summer and he has reiterated his belief the Blues made smart signings in July and August.

And though the 41-year-old says every coach in the world would want to add players to their squads in January, he is relaxed about his options heading into the second-half of the season.

"I keep saying to you, because it is my feeling, the summer was really good for us in terms of signings and I am really happy because all the players I put to our board as targets, and the names I put on the table, we signed and they have performed well and everyone is really happy with them," Silva told the ECHO.

"For me it is really important as a coach because when I see targets and put them on the table and they come and perform, then it means I did my work really well.

"And the club had the capacity - through our owner, our board, our chairman, our sporting director - to do these things in the summer.

"When I told you that if you start to change many, many things in January it means we didn't do everything or we didn't do everything right, and you have to go step-by-step.

"The market is open and the capacity is really big in England in terms of money and so maybe the clubs are looking and people say that if you don't score 15 goals in the last five games then it is the moment to go and sign a striker or if you concede goals you have to sign a goalkeeper.

"But we have to look at things clearer. I know what our fans want but if you do something now or do something next summer what we will try to do will be, more or less, what we did in July and August.

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"Signing players who can really help us and really improve our squad. If we can do that now, it will be a good step, but if not then you have to look to the other market.

"Because even if I would like to sign a player then sometimes it is not possible and you have to be able to work with the players we have and give them the conditions, even if in some moments you think you could improve something."

It is understood Everton will aim to bolster their options on the right hand side and midfield in the summer.

And though Silva would welcome signing those players this month he accepts the difficulties of doing business in January.

"What coach doesn't like to sign players?" he asks with a smile.

"If you ask this question to the coaches of Barcelona and Real Madrid, forget the Premier League, and ask them if they would like to sign a player in January, for sure they will say: 'If I like the player, of course'.

"But is it possible is the next thing. Can we do it?

"I'm here working with the chairman, our owner, our board to do what we can do. But my focus is what is in our squad and after that I pass on my feedback about what we need as a squad.

"If you are able to do it, then that is one thing, but if you ask any coach then they will all say: 'Of course, I would like to, but is it possible?'."