The four shortlisted bidders who want to buy Chelsea have been given three extra days to submit final offers, with Thursday, 14 April the new deadline.
The Ricketts family, which owns the Chicago Cubs, and the consortiums involving ex-Liverpool chairman Sir Martin Broughton, Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly and Boston Celtics and Atalanta co-owner Stephen Pagliuca are the four shortlisted bids.
Chelsea are operating under a special licence from the UK government after owner Roman Abramovich was sanctioned.
Abramovich put the club up for sale before he was sanctioned for his alleged links to Russian president Vladimir Putin following the invasion of Ukraine.