Raheem Sterling and Liverpool remain 'miles apart' over a new contract, Sportsmail understands.
The in-demand England star, 20, rejected what Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers called an 'incredible' offer, reportedly worth £100,000 week at Anfield.
And Rodgers admitted earlier this month that no agreement would be reached before the end of the season.
Now, a source close to the negotiations revealed that the club and the player's representative remain 'miles apart' as they seek to agree a new, long-term deal.
Sterling, who is expected to play for the Three Lions in their Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania at Wembley on Friday night, currently has a contract which runs until 2017.
But that is thought to be worth a relatively modest £35,000-a-week - way short of what some of the Premier League's top earners pick up.
Rodgers remains confident that the issue will be resolved and that Sterling, plucked from QPR's academy in 2010, will stay at Liverpool.
However, the pacy, Jamaica-born forward has a number of suitors at home and abroad with the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich monitoring the situation.
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