Everton have made an enquiry for WBA striker Saido Berahino

Tony Pulis says Berahino has failed to sign new West Bromwich contract

• Striker has been frozen out of the first-team squad since October
• Berahino’s current contract will expire at end of season

Tony Pulis has confirmed Saido Berahino was offered a new deal by West Bromwich Albion this week but the striker has so far refused to sign it.

Berahino, whose contract at The Hawthorns is due to expire in June, has played only 245 minutes for Albion in the Premier League so far this season having been frozen out of the first team squad since October.

“The club has offered him a new contract not just this week, but in previous months too, so they’ve been in negotiations with Saido, so we’ll just see how that pans out,” said Pulis. “The deals have been on the table for the boy and his agent – we’ll see how that pans out. Again, we’ve hit the funny month. He’s only got one more month left of this if he doesn’t sign, so that’s probably a bonus for me.

“If we sell him we will work very hard to get a replacement in. If we don’t sell him, we’ll have to work very hard to get him back to what he was 18 months ago.”

Earlier on Friday, the 23-year-old posted a message on Instagram in which he hit back at suggestions by Pulis he is not in condition to play. “They say i aint fit #ok,” he wrote, accompanied by two angry face emoticons. The message was later deleted.

Guardian