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Marco Silva says Ademola Lookman has shown he could be willing to fight for his Everton future - but the Blues boss still needs to see more from the talented winger.

Lookman was dropped from the squad for last weekend's opening game of the season at Wolves with Silva describing it as a "technical decision".

The 20-year-old wanted to quit Everton this summer for RB Leipzig but the Blues have rejected all approaches from the German side and insist Lookman is not for sale.

Silva left him out of the squad last weekend but says the England u-21 international has shown improvements in training this week.

But the Everton boss admits the situation remains "not perfect" as he calls on all players fighting for their place in the team to prove they have the right "motivation".

“He showed me this week that this is the way," Silva told the ECHO.

"It is not perfect, of course, but he has shown me this week.

"He worked during this week but I want more because he can do more but this is the way I want him to work everytime.”

Silva has yet to build the level of competition for places in his squad that he wants - “Not now, but in the future" - but knows the club's transfer window business has improved it markedly.

The Blues boss now knows he faces the task of keeping all of his players happy - even when they are left out of the squad.

“It is a challenge for me but it is a challenge for them as well," he said.

“It is a challenge for me because I want to have problems to decide and I am sure if all of them are in normal condition and with normal motivation – and they have to have this motivation behind them – I will have big problems to decide.

“But in a club like Everton, if you don't have these problems then something is wrong in my opinion and, in the end, my job is to keep all of them happy, to keep all of them with good motivation but it is their obligation as well because they are at Everton and they have to be happy to stay here and they have to fight for their position.”