While doing his best to distance himself from the subject, Carlton coach Brett Ratten has said the club is step closer to securing star forward Brendan Fevola to a new contract.

Fevola's new management team held its first meeting with the club earlier this week to express its client's clear preference for a three-year deal.

It's understood negotiations are still preliminary, however they hold no interest at all for the coach.

"I don’t need to hear what’s going on with the contracts -just tell me if they're done or if they've stalled bigtime," Ratten said on Wednesday.

"(CEO) Greg (Swann) and (football operations manager) Steve Icke are working through that, so that'll be finished down the track, I just focus on what Brendan does on a Saturday or a Sunday and what he can do for the team."

"I know it’s a step closer because when you meet management you become closer because you thrash out some issues, so I know it’s a step closer but, how far, I've got no idea."

Ratten said he was looking forward to continuing good form from Fevola whom he said 'set the benchmark' for his team-mates with his eight-goal performance against Collingwood at the MCG last Sunday.

Meanwhile Ratten said he was disgusted with the Collingwood supporter who, while standing among the Collingwood cheer squad, appeared to spit at Fevola late in the Blues' 30-point come-from-behind victory.

Collingwood has claimed the culprit is not a Collingwood member, let alone a member of the cheer squad.

"Hopefully they find who it was and they reprimand him or do what they have to do, but it's not a great act to see that," Ratten said.

"It’s just a disgusting act to come to a game and do that to a player who's focused on what they're job is."

"They're out there entertaining and … you don’t go to a concert and spit on the entertainer playing the piano, do you?"