Carlton Cole doesn't want to be sold by West Ham United.

The News of the World says just days after securing survival in the Premier League, co-owner David Sullivan declared that every member of the Hammers squad was for sale - except Player of the Year Scott Parker.

Since then Aston Villa, Everton, Fulham, Birmingham and Stoke have all enquired about recruiting the former Chelsea striker.

But Cole, 26, hopes his suitors fail to prise him away. He is settled in London and would prefer to be part of Avram Grant's new era.