Everton boss David Moyes says he needs extra transfer funds to crack the top four.

Moyes is convinced Everton can break into the Premier League's top four if he gets the right backing in the transfer market.

"I've got a real belief that we have got a good team and I'll be saying to the board, 'Come on, can you give me a little bit to take this team higher'," he said.

"Results prove since November that if Everton get it right we can come out of the woodwork and shock a few people. But to guarantee doing that consistently we need to make one or two additions.

"If we don't, we need to look and see if there's another way of getting there. We've never really had the money. I think we've spent £5million net a year for eight years.

"There are one or two players who are getting older but I still think the main group are a good age - Arteta, Jagielka, Pienaar, Baines are all mid-20s. The likes of Phil Neville and Tim Cahill are round about 30 so we don't have loads of 'old' players. But we do need to keep young ones coming in.

"It's harder to do so, especially when your expectations are high."