The England international had no hesitation about moving back to London from Everton, and will attempt to reproduce the form which previously made him a goalscoring hero in the capital for Crystal Palace.

Fulham now have seven senior strikers, with Johnson joining fellow close-season recruit Bobby Zamora, who arrived from West Ham.

Johnson, 27, is relishing the chance to battle it out for a place in the starting line-up.

"Competition is healthy," he said at his unveiling today.

"I did not want to come to this club and have an easy training session. I wanted to come here and fight for my place in the team."

Johnson has been impressed with the set-up at Fulham and is relishing the chance to play under manager Roy Hodgson and reignite his career after his last season at Everton was disrupted by injury.

He said: "Fulham are a top team and they have a great gaffer here, a great training ground and it was my first choice.

"I was always confident the deal would happen and I'm happy to be a Fulham player. I wish Everton all the best, but I'm looking forward now.

"I had a good few years there and enjoyed it, although I had a few injuries in my second year.

"I have a few family back this way which is one of the reasons I wanted to come back down south."

Hodgson has no concerns about Johnson's fitness.

The move was suggested to have stalled owing to medical results, however Fulham rejected reports that Johnson had failed their examination.

Hodgson stressed it was only natural for the club to take their time to ensure the transfer went through correctly, especially considering the fee, thought to be around £10.5million.

Hodgson said at the club's training ground: "We persisted so long with the transfer because Andy was the player we wanted.

"All transfer dealings these days, especially when you are talking about a relatively large sum of money, take a bit longer.

"I never had any doubt the transfer would not be completed and I'm very grateful to the chairman [Mohamed Al-Fayed] to bring this deal about.

"Fulham's medicals are no more stringent than anywhere else. Any player who reaches Andy's age and who has played as many games as he has, is likely to have had some problems down the line.

"We wanted to get it right and so did Everton. The only thing which was unusual was that we flagged up we were in negotiations early on and everything else was reported.

"Maybe other clubs only announce they are interested in players once the deal has been done.

"As far as I am concerned, there has never been a problem with the medical. We have seen over his career that Andy doesn't miss many games.

"Precautions have to be taken and Andy understands that, but I am just delighted everything has turned out like it should have done."