Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil admits he wants Jefferson Lerma to stay.
The midfielder's deal expires next month.
O'Neil said, "No decision made at the moment, as far as I'm aware, so hopefully he'll be here.
Jeff's a great guy, so incredible around the place, incredible around the group, especially if you're in a relegation battle when you need to get in the trenches.
And me, Jeff, the club, have been fully focused on that up until this moment.
I think you've seen in Jeff's performances that there was just no doubt that he was fully committed to the cause.
So, yeah, now that the relegation stuff is all but beyond us, then hopefully we can start to put something in place where he stays, but no confirmation either way."