Everton are still yet to receive an official bid for Chelsea for their striker Romelu Lukaku despite the Belgian being the London club’s No 1 target this summer.

Lukaku went off injured against Espanyol in a 1-0 friendly defeat at Goodison Park on Saturday and the extent of his injury is not yet known, although Everton expect him still to be at the club when they begin their Premier League campaign against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

Everton have told Chelsea that a bid would be most unwelcome, although they expect one at some point and there is little chance of that deterring Chelsea from pursuing their former player until the end of the month. Ideally Chelsea would like to make Loic Remy part of the record £70 million deal in order to move on a striker who has no future at the club and who would give Everton an extra option.