Everton boss David Moyes fears Merseyside football is on the wane.

Moyes says Everton and Liverpool will continue to struggle without an upgrade to their stadium.

"At the moment, the strength of the Manchester clubs is overpowering," Moyes told the Telegraph. "Liverpool have obviously been much closer to the Manchester teams than Everton, but we've had a longer journey. We're closing that gap but not close enough.

"Both the Manchester clubs hold stadiums with over 70,000 for one, 50,000 the other. The corporate facilities play a big part, especially with the Financial Fair Play coming in.

"So much is going to be about relying on marketing teams and how many [executive] boxes you can sell, season tickets you sell and dinners you sell.

"At Everton we have very few rooms to cater and very few boxes to fill. We're going to find it difficult to keep up because the marketing side is so important. Keeping up and then to catch up is going to be even harder.

"We've got to somehow generate revenue by even thinking about naming rights for the stadium. Obviously they could do that because the club owns Goodison. Things like this are going to be relevant to both clubs if we're going to hang in there with the top teams."