Queens Park Rangers' interest in signing West Ham United centre half James Tomkins has been laughed off by West Ham.
The 22-year-old centre half has been in exceptional form in the opening half of the 2011/12 season and is already one of the front runners to land the club's Player of the Year award next May.Such consistency was bound to attract the attention of other clubs and the west Londoners were the first to make their interest public this week when current manager Neil Warnock spoke favourably about Tomkins, a player he values at 'around the £3million mark'.
However that valuation has been laughed off by West Ham United, with an unnamed insider telling Harris Harris of ESPN that "we wouldn't sell him for that" adding, "he has nearly three years left on his contract, he's not for sale."
Tomkins - who first signed pro terms with the club in 2005 - most recently signed a new three-and-a-half year deal back in 2009, a contract that ties him to West Ham until the summer of 2013.
He has made 15 appearances already this season, scoring once (at Watford) and being booked twice (against Leeds and Hull).
Tomkins on the rise: career stats
2007/08 Pld 6, Gls 0, Bkd 0 (Premier League)
2008/09 Pld 23, Gls 1, Bkd 1, S/Off 1 (Premier League)*
2009/10 Pld 26, Gls 0, Bkd 0 (Premier League)
2010/11 Pld 28, Gls 1, Bkd 3 (Premier League)
2011/12 Pld 15, Gls 1, Bkd 2 (Championship)
*Includes 8 appearances for Derby County.
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