Former Everton captain Leon Osman has called on the club to make two striker signings this summer.
Osman says manager Sean Dyche needs to improve his firepower next season.
"In my opinion, it has got to be number one and number two," Osman told the Liverpool Echo when asked about attacking reinforcements this summer.
"I think we need more than one coming in because we have seen how injuries can affect the team. I think Sean Dyche needs options at the top of the field, and he has traditionally known how to play with two at the top end of the field.
"So I think we need more than one. It is a position that needs more than just a goalscorer; as silly as that sounds, our number nine has to lead the line.
"They have to be able to take the team forward. They have to be able to hold the ball up, and they have to be able to bring other players into the game.
"That is the type of football we have always been used to, and it seems to be the style of football a Sean Dyche team will be used to and will need.
"We have got wide men that can really deliver good quality into the penalty area, but we just lacked a striker in there to be able to put the ball into the back of the goal.
"Midfielders got some goals from late runs, especially Abdoulaye Doucoure, who scored the most incredible and important goals in the back end of the season.
"He was a player who, according to rumours, could have been out of the club by the end of January had Sean Dyche not come in when he did.
"But we need a striker who is going to get into double figures of goals. We need more goals at the top end of the pitch."