Hull City manager Steve Bruce has confirmed that the club s move for Burnley striker Charlie Austin has collapsed due to a failed medical.
Newly promoted Hull have been chasing the services of Austin since they were promoted to the Premier League on the final day of the 2012-13 Championship campaign.
The 24-year-old scored 27 goals in 40 appearances in all competitions for Burnley last term and Hull were reported to have been successful with a £4.5 million bid for the forward last week.
But Austin, who has dislocated his shoulder three times in his career, failed a medical on Monday, Bruce has conceded.
He told talkSPORT: There has been a bit of a problem with his medical, which is the worst scenario for everyone concerned.
It s an awful situation we find ourselves in but the medical is not great so it looks as if it is a non-starter at the moment. It s a blow for him and a blow for us. We ll go back to the drawing board again.
I would expect us to bring in two or three to give us a hand, there was a lot of work done with Charlie but it looks like it s not going to be.
If the deal had gone through, Austin would have been the second-most expensive signing in Hull s history, only behind midfielder Jimmy Bullard, who joined from Fulham for £5m in 2009.
Austin has scored at least 15 goals in his four seasons as a professional since joining Swindon Town from non-league Poole Town in 2009.
Hull will now have to switch their attention in their chase for a striker, with the club recently linked with a move for Celtic striker Gary Hooper.
