Everton: Johnson not for sale

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The Hammers are reported to be interested in bringing the former Crystal Palace forward back to London, and are said to be prepared to pay between £13-18million for the England man.

But Everton chief executive Keith Wyness was adamant Johnson would remain at Goodison Park telling evertonfc.com: "We have had no contact from any club with regard to Andrew Johnson - nor would we welcome any."

He added: "Whilst I feel certain there will be many Premiership clubs who will covet a player of Andrew's skills and abilities, he is an Everton player and, as he made perfectly clear on several occasions last season, he is very happy to be an Everton player."

The 26-year-old, who began his career at Birmingham before scoring goals galore at Palace, scored 12 goals for the Toffees last season to help fire them to UEFA Cup qualification.

He joined Everton last summer in an £8.6million deal, and although he missed the end of the season with an ankle injury he is expected to be fit for the start of pre-season training.