Monday 25 February 2019 23:46, UK
Everton boss Marco Silva insists he has the backing of Farhad Moshiri after one-on-one talks with the owner during a two-week break from the Premier League.
Silva's team have been on an alarming run of results since the end of November, winning just three and losing nine of their last 14 league matches, including three successive defeats in their last three.
They have not played since losing at Watford on February 9 - and the clubs have since agreed compensation with each other over Everton's "unwarranted" pursuit of the Portuguese manager in 2017.
They travel to struggling Cardiff on Tuesday night after a break during the FA Cup and Carabao Cup final weekends and Silva insists Moshiri believes in him and the team.
"I met Moshiri but it is not the first time and it will not be the last one," Silva said. "It is something we do often, not just because we had the break.
"Fortunately for us we can meet. It is something you can do easily; something we do every time we have the time - not just with our owner but with our chairman too. They were good talks, of course.
"I am the first one to understand about the results, but we are talking about the present and the future also, and he also passed to me and our players the confidence he has in our work and the players we have. And also, like me, he believes we can achieve the results in the next games.
"Since I joined the club I felt all the support of our board, our owner, the chairman also - and nothing changed. All the managers they have to show results and show why the club signed with him. To show the project, to show the idea, but in the end the main thing will be the results. I don't have any doubt about that."
