Swansea City are set to miss out on a transfer payment from Sheffield United for former striker Oli McBurnie - if the current season is abandoned.
According to the Sheffield Star, the Swans were due to be paid £2.87m in the event the Blades avoided relegation, with 15 per cent of that sum being passed over to McBurnie's former club Bradford City.
With the Blades sitting in seventh before the enforced suspension of the season, all the signs pointed to Chris Wilder's side staying in the top flight for another season.
However, Swansea could now end up missing out on the cash bonus that Premier League survival for the Blades would bring.
Football has been plunged into chaos and uncertainty amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with action in the Premier League and EFL not due to resume until April 30 at the earliest.
There are already doubts over whether that date can be considered feasible, with some high-profile figures within the game calling for the season to be abandoned and declared null and void.
If that happens, United would no longer be compelled to pay the Swans for at least another year and, if the new season saw them relegated, the Swans could miss out on the money altogether.
McBurnie left the Liberty Stadium last summer for a fee of £18m, which combined with Daniel James' big-money move to Manchester United, helped ease the financial strain on the club, who have had to face up to the harsh realities of life outside the Premier League.
Following the release of the club's latest accounts earlier this year, chairman Trevor Birch admitted that player sales had played a big part in helping to balance the books.
He said: "If we had not sold players in the last few seasons, we would have reported significantly higher losses.
"They demonstrate the huge reliance for most clubs in selling players to balance the books and the difficulty in running a financially sustainable football club if you are not an established Premier League team."
