Marco Silva would love to retain Kurt Zouma and Andre Gomes for next season.

Both players have excelled on loan this season, from Chelsea and Barcelona respectively.

But Silva admits the decision to keep the duo at Goodison Park is not up to the Toffees.

He told Sky Sports : "Their own clubs will play a key part [on their futures], and then after that it is their own decisions.

"We will do what we can to keep them and they're important players. They're showing their quality and our fans are really happy with them also.

"It will be important for us if we can keep them as I think we should do our maximum to keep them. Let's see what the decision will be of their clubs, and the players' decision also. It's not in our hands…

"If we want to do better and get stronger, we have to keep our best players."