Marco Silva retains the backing of Everton’s majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri.
Silva is under growing pressure amid a dismal run of six defeats in the Blues’ last nine Premier League games coupled with a humiliating FA Cup exit to Millwall.
Last summer, the Portuguese coach became the fourth permanent manager appointed to the Goodison Park hot seat in the previous three years.
But Moshiri has refused to countenance suggestions that Silva’s future is under threat and publicly backed the former Watford boss to deliver in the long-term.
He said: “It’s a project. The Everton fans quite rightly demand good football.
“We want young players to develop, they need to play. Marco Silva is a talented coach but he’s planning long-term.
“He will coach and develop those young players and every year those same young players will become stronger.
“In this business you have to hold your nerve.”