BURNLEY boss Sean Dyche admits the delay in a tribunal setting a fee for Danny Ings’ move to Liverpool has been frustrating for the Clarets.

The Clarets are still waiting for their compensation fee due for Ings, seven months after the striker officially moved to Anfield.

Both sides have submitted all the paperwork detailing their case but a date has not yet been set for the tribunal to determine how much Burnley will receive for the 23-year-old.

The Clarets are hoping for a substantial fee for Ings and one that could break the record £6.5million Chelsea were ordered to pay Manchester City for Daniel Sturridge.

And Dyche, who hopes the issue will be concluded before the end of the season, admits the uncertainty played a part in his dealings in the January transfer window – where he made one signing, bringing in James Tarkowski from Brentford for £3m.

When asked if knowing the fee might have affected the business Burnley did during the winter window Dyche said: “Possibly, because most businesses work on guaranteed income streams. The club tries to work with a more guaranteed view of what the income is.

“It would be helpful to know that’s done, it’s parked, the club has got ‘this’, can we use ‘that’, let’s go and use it type scenario.

Dyche added: “It certainly helps to know where you’re at. We’re all of the thinking it will be a considerable deal.

“We don’t know how considerable, but we’re certainly thinking more than a couple of shekels.

“It’s not helpful. Like any business, ideally, you have got funds in and then you look and say ‘what can we put out’ and that is a grey area with no knowledge of where it will end up.

“So that is a challenge. But they are the rules, whether we agree, like them or dislike them, they are the rules.

“We are certainly hoping it’s done by the end of the season, to bring closure for everyone, for all parties.”

Asked if the tribunal setting a fee before the January transfer window opened might have affected the business Burnley did during the month, Dyche said: Ings has scored three goals for Liverpool in eight appearances but hasn’t played since the start of October after suffering a serious knee injury and he is likely to be out for the rest of the season.

The former Bournemouth frontman has also made his England debut since moving to Anfield.

And while the compensation fee is set based on the player Ings was at the time of the move, a large part of his development to international football came while at Turf Moor.

Ings scored 43 goals for Burnley including 11 in the Premier League as he attracted firm interest from Tottenham, who made a bid of more than £10million, and Spanish side Real Sociedad. The latter could have prised Ings away without the need for a tribunal with different rules applying for players under 24 moving abroad.