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Moyes interested in Adebayor and Bendtner

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David Moyes has confessed he would be interested in bringing Emmanuel Adebayor or Nicklas Bendtner to Everton, but only if he could acquire the players on loan.

Moyes has made clear his intention to bolster his striking options in the January transfer window, with Jermaine Beckford, Louis Saha and Yakubu registering just five goals between them so far this season. Tim Cahill is the Toffees' top scorer with eight, but he will soon be unavailable on Asian Cup duty for Australia.

The names of Adebayor and Bendtner, along with Roque Santa Cruz and Landon Donovan, were put to Moyes by the Liverpool Echo, and the Everton manager left the door well and truly open to the possibility.

"I think if any of them became available towards us we'd look," said Moyes. "But in this window there will not be enough to pick and choose. You might have to take what you can if you need something.

"I would like to add two or three but they will be loan players. We have a few people in mind so we will see how it goes. You have to be careful not to think that suddenly everyone arrives here on January 1 because it won't happen, it will be through the month. You can't just say, 'that is the one I want' because clubs don't let centre-forwards out on loan unless they are surplus to requirements. We will see what there is and what we can do.

"Positional wise we could do with a centre-forward and we have been short of a wide right for most of the season so I could do with those two positions. Seamus Coleman has done really well but we would like to give him a breather here or there.

"I have spoken with [Donovan] and he was going on holiday. I would hope to hear something next week if there was any chance. If not we will try and move towards something else."

Moyes is also keen to hold onto 22-year-old striker Victor Anichebe, despite the Nigeria international getting booed during the 0-0 draw with Wigan after he reportedly rejected a new contract.

"Victor seems fine. I had a chat with him earlier in the week," revealed Moyes. "I spoke with him and said the figures which were quoted were wrong, but the fact is he's been offered a contract and said no to it.

"I've explained it to him and he accepts that. The booing is part of it. You've just got to get on with it, and play and show what you can do. The disappointing thing is that he has not played so much. I made the reference that the supporters don't boo Steven Pienaar (who has also not signed a new contract), but that's because he's out there playing and giving his all. If you do that the supporters will cheer and clap you.

"I've said to him he's been made a really good offer, but he's entitled to make his own decision. We think a lot of him. I think he's a really, really good player with great potential. He's developed at this club and has got bits of his game that I hope he'll grow out of with age, but he's a really important player we'd like to keep.

"That's why we've offered him a contract."

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