The Premier League are set to delay a crucial meeting aimed at rubber-stamping Project Restart until next week.
Clubs were due to reconvene - and potentially vote on whether to press ahead with plans to revive the season - on Friday.
But that meeting is now unlikely to take place until Monday at the earliest, as proposals to recommence the campaign hit a snag.
Top-flight clubs and stakeholders were expected to hold crucial talks on Friday once Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed the next phase of the UK's lockdown guidelines on Thursday.