With Kevin Doyle having been sold to Wolves for a whopping £6.5m, Reading have money to spend and strikers to sign.
Watford forward Tommy Smith is an £800,000 target but new boss Brendan Rodgers wants another frontman as well.
Tyson's link with Rodgers comes from his time as a Reading academy player and this week's signings of David McGoldrick and Dele Adebola could pave the way for his City Ground exit.