Ademola Lookman was dropped from the Everton squad for the match with Wolves, Marco Silva has confirmed.

The 20-year-old came off the bench in the Blues' final warm-up game of the summer against Valencia last weekend but was not involved at Molineux on Saturday.

Silva was asked if Lookman has been left out of the squad because of an injury but the Everton boss replied: “Not injured. My decision."

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Lookman wants to quit Everton for RB Leipzig but the Blues insists the talented winger is not for sale and have rejected offers from the German side this summer.

Kieran Dowell was also left out of the squad for the opening game of the summer but had travelled down to the West Midlands with the team.

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Silva says the youngster's omission was simply down to not being able to fit him in.

“Kieran was with us but, in the end, I can only put 18 on the squad list, but he came with us yesterday," Silva said.