They are the people that the world of football is waiting impatiently to hear from.
They are the men who have sat in silence while the game reacts in horror at their plans to upend the competitive spirit of the sport as we have always known it.
It seems remarkable that for all the sneaky, covert talks that have taken place to lead football onto the brink of a precipice, Liverpool owner John Henry and Arsenal chief Ivan Gazidis met with Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and club-owning Glazer brothers Avram and Joel in one of New York's most popular restaurants in broad daylight in October 2017.