Nine weeks have passed since the Premier League began their owners and directors test. And yet they are yet to come to a decision.
The potential new owners – The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, Reuben Brothers and PCP Capital Partners – have already agreed a £300m deal to buy Newcastle United from Mike Ashley, and a part-payment has been made already.
Both the buyer and the seller are confident that the deal will go through. Legal teams of all parties are poring over pages of documentation initially submitted by the consortium while they are others – the likes of BeIN Sports, Hatice Cengiz and Amnesty International – who want the deal to get blocked.