Conor Newton has revealed that he would be interested in staying at St Mirren beyond the end of his loan spell.
The 21-year-old midfielder joined the SPL side from Newcastle United in January on a deal until the end of the season, and he has relished the opportunity to play regular first-team football.
He scored in Sunday's 3-2 League Cup final success against Hearts and insists he would be happy to remain at the club next season.
"I don't know what will happen in the summer. If I have to move on, well that's life," he said in the Daily Record.
"I'm not naive enough to think I'm going to get flung straight into first-team football with Newcastle.
"If the option came up to stay with St Mirren, it would definitely be worth thinking about. I've loved my time here so far. St Mirren has got a wee place in my heart now.
"I don't know if it's the fans and how brilliant they were on Sunday or because it's the place where I got my first taste of first-team football, but this place means a lot to me now and I can see myself staying here."
Lukaku has sparkled during his current loan spell at West Bromwich Albion, which has thus far seen him bag 13 goals from 25 league appearances.
But asked whether he would definitely be back at Chelsea in the summer, he admitted he would wait until the end of the season.
"I am just waiting until the end of season, I am just performing for West Brom at the moment, we will see what will happen and I don't want to talk about it either," he said.
Fellow Belgian Christian Benteke has also had a glittering campaign during his first season with Aston Villa and Lukaku hopes his progression continues, perhaps with a move to a 'big' club.
"I think, I hope Christian will make a move to a big club so he can improve his game as well," he said.
"This will be also important for the national team, like I want to go back to my parent club in the future - but we are doing well and I hope it will continue."
Lukaku also spoke about Frank Lampard, and insisted he would love to see him stay at Chelsea - given how much he learned from the midfielder during his time there last season.
"He was one of the guys who helped me a lot and he introduced me to training and I am really grateful to him and really happy," he said.
"He is very important and one of the key players and hopefully he gets an extension."
