Daily Mail

SILVA TOLD ZOUMA NOT FOR SALE

- MATT BARLOW

FRAnK LAMPARD has warned everton he wants Kurt Zouma to stay at Chelsea and fight for his place. Zouma played alongside David Luiz in central defence for the first half of a pre-season defeat by J-League champions Kawasaki Frontale yesterday. the 24-year-old France internatio­nal impressed on loan at Goodison Park last season and Lampard’s view will be a blow for everton boss Marco silva, who was keen to recruit Zouma on a permanent basis. ‘He’s a Chelsea player and i want him,’ said the new Chelsea manager. ‘Kurt Zouma is a very good defender for us, a very good player, a very good person, a profession­al and i want him here, simple as that.’ everton are also fighting to keep midfielder idrissa Gana Gueye from joining Paris saint-Germain.

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