Those in the hunt for Manchester United are becoming increasingly frustrated - having not received an update since filing second bids more than two weeks ago.
There are also growing concerns that, with the clock ticking, should the Glazer family accept an offer for full control any chosen buyer may not be in place in time to oversee the summer transfer window.
Second offers were lodged on March 23 by British billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s group and a day later by Qatari Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani.
Both parties had been given extended deadlines to place their bids after struggling in what was a short timeframe instigated by Raine Group, the US merchant bankers in charge of the process.