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Jelavic a massive piece of the puzzle

Moyes hints at teambuilding going forward

Talking positively about the task of team-building David Moyes faces as he heads into his 11th year at Goodison Park, he sees Nikica Jelavic a key piece in the puzzle.

He says: ?We're now looking at what goes with Jelavic, what would be good to put with him, what type of player we can buy in the future.

?In your mind, you are building a team because you have a piece in the jigsaw.

?We have had pieces in the jigsaw in the past such as, in the main, having good centre-halves, we have an excellent left-back, we have good midfield players.

?Where we have often been short is in terms of creativity.

?We lost Steven Pienaar, we lost Mikel Arteta and we didn't have a forward who could score lots of goals.

?Suddenly we have a forward who can score but we are maybe still lacking a wee bit of creativity.

?Steven's brought us some more creativity since he's been back. Steven is undoubtedly one of the bits of business we need to do.

?I can see in my head pictures and directions of where I think we should be going and what players we need to get, which players can help us progress again,? he said.

?Jelavic is a massive piece. For a decent value, how else could you get a striker who might get you 20 goals a season in the Premier League? Normally, for that piece you are looking at £15-20m.

?There are bits of building blocks now. At the end of the season, I'll have a chat with Bill and see where we should go.?

Quotes or other material sourced from Liverpool Echo

• Jelavic named in Croatia's Euro2012 squad

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