My boyfriend hasn’t said I love you yet?

We have been together for 9 months almost 10 and neither one us had said i love you yet. He keeps saying he likes me so much but hasn’t said love yet and I didn’t wanna be the first to say it. We have been long distance so I don’t know if this affects anything. But is this concerning that he hasn’t said it yet? If he doesn’t feel it at this point will he ever?
My boyfriend hasn’t said I love you yet?
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