Everton were one striker short of pushing for the Premier League title, according to David Moyes.
David Moyes believes Everton could have challenged for the Premier League title if he had been able to sign a top-level striker.
Moyes returns to Goodison Park with Sunderland on Monday to take on the club he managed from 2002 to 2013.
"We had a great team at Goodison but we were missing a centre-forward. We couldn't get the finances to buy one in my last couple of years," he told reporters.
"I might be exaggerating but I think, with a top centre-forward, we would have been close to winning the league; we were that good.