Crystal Palace and Wilfried Zaha are not close to an agreement over a contract extension after the club verbally offered their talisman a bumper renewal.
The news heightens concerns at Palace that Zaha plans to leave when his current deal expires at the end of the season.
Indeed, Zaha effectively becomes a free agent on January 1 when he can sign a pre-contract agreement to join an overseas club ahead of next season and there currently looks little prospect of a deal before the turn of the year to avoid that scenario.
Talks have taken place over a money-spinning new contract for attacker Zaha.