Liverpool are expected to be cleared to sign Burnley striker Danny Ings before the end of the season.
The London Evening Standard says the Premier League are likely to rule such a transfer will not damage the integrity of the competition, despite the possibility of the 21-year-old lining up at Anfield on 4 March.
Manchester United were permitted to do the same when they agreed to sign defender Chris Smalling from Fulham in January 2010 and allowed him to stay at Craven Cottage until the following summer.
Smalling did not face United before joining them.