Everton manager David Moyes has revealed his transfer market shopping will continue to include home-grown talent.

The Toffees are currently in battle with their Merseyside rivals Liverpool for the fourth-place finish in the Premiership table with the Reds holding a two-point lead while seven games remain in the campaign.

Moyes told the League Managers' Association website: "When we took over at Everton it was to avoid being in the bottom six; now our buying is to be in the top six so our buying had changed a little bit.

"The players that we brought in to keep us out of the bottom six have gone on to prove that they can all be part of the top six.

"So we mustn't not look at that market and I am very keen to keep bringing in British boys.

"That's why we put a lot of effort into scouting in the UK to see if we can find the right players."