Everton spent big in the two summer transfer windows Silva was in charge, but Pardew suggests the 42-year-old was never fully in charge of proceedings.
“You can never quite tell on transfers what the real story is,” he added.
“A lot of CEOs are getting involved in transfers.
“Some of the signings he made have been good, some not good.
“We like the power to sign the players, but in the current world it doesn’t always work like that.”
