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Romelu Lukaku is reportedly "not ready" yet to sign his new contract.

A new deal tying the Premier League's top scorer to Everton on a long-term deal has been close to being signed for several weeks.

But Belgian journalist Kristof Terreur suggested this morning that Lukaku putting pen to paper is not immiment.

He tweeted: "Romelu Lukaku isn't yet ready to sign his new contract. Or that's what he told playsports after West Brom. Let's see what happens. #efc."

In a follow up tweet Terreur added: "They asked him a few questions about his contract. One if he was ready to sign. He said three times 'no'."

Playsports is a Belgian sports website.

In December Lukaku's agent, Mino Raiola, declared that his client "had 99 per cent agreed" to a new deal - and on February 27 he went further, saying: "It is 99.99999999 done!"

But until Lukaku is pictured with club secretary David Harrison in front of a new deal there will be nervousness amongst Blues fans.

On Saturday Lukaku became the first Everton striker to reach the 19-league goals in a season mark since Gary Lineker and Graeme Sharp hit that mark in 1986.