OLIVIER BERNARD has reiterated his stance that he will show no hesitation in walking away from Newcastle United if what he regards as a suitable contract is not offered to him.

Everton, the club surprisingly occupying a Champions League place, have money from the August sale of Wayne Rooney to spend and are weighing up a move for the French full-back.

Fulham have also been credited with an interest and it is increasingly likely that Bernard will be leaving either in January, at a knock down price, or next summer when his contract expires and he will be free to go.

Bernard rejected an offer of improved terms recently - believed to be a gradual year on year pay rise over a 36 month period - and has called for Newcastle to come back with better terms.

"It's not really happening. I haven't signed anything yet. I'm still waiting so show me the contract," said Bernard, who was close to signing for West Ham last year after a similar breakdown in negotiations.

"It's not difficult, I'm still playing and as long as that is happening then I'm enjoying it here. But if I have to go I will. That's it."

A clearly deflated Bernard was speaking after Newcastle had failed once again to pick up three vital points that would have got them heading in the right direction again.

It is now just one win in seven Premiership games.

The Magpies are now closer to the relegation zone than they are to the top four and are 15 points adrift of Everton.

Bernard claims the players know all about the pressures of succeeding at St James' Park but they are not feeling the strain just yet.

"The dressing room is fine. We look solid but we don't score enough goals. As a team we don't score enough goals. Things can only get better," said Bernard, who returned to the side having missed the 4-0 drubbing at Chelsea a week earlier.

"It's quite low in the dressing room. We thought we deserved to win but we didn't. Now we are looking forward to the next game and it will be a hard one.

"Against Chelsea it was not the end of the world.

"We played well for the first half and we can have confidence about that.

"We have been put under more pressure for getting to the semi-final of the UEFA Cup and getting fifth last season.

"We want the fourth spot again, minimum. We are not under pressure but the pressure will be there for us to cope with."

Portsmouth's Steve Stone, born and bred on Tyneside, insisted he was delighted to finally come to his home city club and enjoy a successful day for once.

Stone, on the losing side for Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest at St James' before, was the man who grabbed the equaliser on Saturday.

And he said: "Things like this always seem to happen, strange turns of fate.

"But it was a pleasure to return to a ground I love and go away without a thumping because I have had a few here.

"Am I happy? Sure, especially when it is my first league goal ever against them and I'm 33 now. It's been a long time in coming."

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