Liverpool midfielder Ovie Ejaria faces an uncertain future with Reading struggling to complete the pre-arranged transfer.
Ejaria moved to the Royals on loan last summer with a view to a permanent deal and impressed in the Championship across the campaign.
Reading are keen to make Ejaria their player this summer but have so far failed to conclude terms because of financial complications.
Liverpool agreed a fee of around £3.5million last year, to be paid this summer, with the Reds also picking up a 20 per cent sell-on clause.
The suspension of Championship football coupled with the lack of fans allowed into the Madejski upon the restart has hit Reading hard and reports have claimed they need ease their wage bill.
Liverpool have not called Ejaria up for their pre-season trip to Austria and instead have allowed him to continue training with the club he initially joined on loan for the second half of the 2018/19 campaign.
Like the rest of their loanees, the Reds were happy for Ejaria to complete his season with Reading following the return of football in June, but the midfielder's long-term future is currently unclear.
No decision has been taken from Liverpool's end, it is understood, as Reading continue to explore ways of making the player their own for the new season.
Ejaria returned to pre-season training with the Championship outfit this week but manager Mark Bowen admits he is unsure if the club will be able to complete the transfer.
"It's a complicated situation because of the finances of the club," Bowen said.
"We're lucky to have him at the moment because he's in training here - and thanks to Liverpool for that - but it'll just depend on the finances of the club - what the club can do and whether we can take that forward.
"So I'm trying to get as much information over the next week or so so we can progress that one. It's all wrapped around what we can do with our finances."
