Marco Silva has admitted that he has a very good relationship with the club's owner Farhad Moshiri.

The club's majority shareholder is a key power broker at Everton. And it is positive news for supporters that Silva gets along with him.

The Merseyside club are currently sixth in the Premier League.

"I can tell you it is really, really close," Silva told the Liverpool ECHO.

"He is a fantastic person. How he wants to grow the club, how he is giving us the conditions to grow the club and how, everytime, he is trying to develop the club and now he is supporting myself as a manager.

"But the squad as well, when he gives me some feedback after the matches it is for the squad as well and I can tell you the relationship is very, very good and I can tell you the same with our chairman and our board as well."