DAVID MOYES has revealed his determination to seal “six or seven” new additions to his threadbare squad in the final week of the transfer window.

But the Everton manager has admitted for the first time that he might have to settle for players of a lower quality than he had originally targeted, just to make the numbers up.

Moyes has vowed to put all his energies into addressing his crippling player shortage which left him is down to nine fit senior players for Saturday’s 2-1 win at West Bromwich Albion.

He gave starts to teenagers Jack Rodwell and Jose Baxter as well as playing Phil Neville with an ankle injury and sending on James Vaughan despite him being well short of full fitness.

Victor Anichebe will return to the fold this week after winning a silver medal with Nigeria in the Beijing Olympics but Tim Cahill, Tony Hibbert and Steven Pienaar are still way off returning from injury.

And that leaves Moyes with no option but to significantly strengthen in the rush before the window closes next Monday.

“I’ve said all along we need to bring in six or seven players this week,” he said. “But I’ve not brought in one in however many weeks, so there you go.

“I think we will be looking at loans and we’ll be trying all routes. These are the last days of the sales and there’s not much left.

“I hope to get maybe a couple but for the quality I feel I need to get for us to continue – I don’t know if you can get that with just a few days to go.”