But things haven’t worked out for the Turkey forward.
Richarlison has been used up top or Dominic Calvert-Lewin has come in instead of Tosun.
Silva is unlikely to get funds to spend this month unless sales are made after going big in the summer.
They want Michy Batshuayi from Chelsea after he was recalled from his loan move at Valencia.
Everton transfer news: Cenk Tosun has struggled at Everton under Marco Silva (Image: GETTY)
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But because they already have Kurt Zouma on loan it would have to be a permanent move.
"I tell you every time we talk about the situation that we did very good things in the summer to improve the squad, and for us to do something in this window means we must improve out squad and it is not easy in January," Silva said this week.
"For us to do something at this moment will means some players will leave the club and at the moment it is not in our mind.
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