Qatar's Sheikh Jassim and Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s INEOS have been granted extensions to submit second bids to buy Manchester United.
Both of the top bidders had not submitted their improved offers by Wednesday's 9pm deadline.
Sky Sports News understands the Glazer family do want to sell the club.
Here's what happened on a dramatic night of extraordinary developments around the sale of Man Utd:
- 9pm: Deadline for second bids passes.
- 9.10pm: Qataris claim to make new, improved, debt-free world-record bid.
- 9.45pm: Raine Group, the firm handling the sale of Man Utd, say they did not receive bids from Sheikh Jassim or Sir Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS but have granted extensions for both parties.
- 10.25pm: Raine Group say they have received "many proposals" to buy United before deadline but not from Qataris or Ratcliffe.
- 10.35pm: Sky Sports News told that Glazers do want to sell United.
- 10.45pm: Qataris say they did not submit bid because they were offered an extension which had been granted to other parties and Sheikh Jassim decided to take it up.
- 10.50pm: Sources involved reveal Sheikh Jassim's bid is ready to go and he did not need extra time.
The Glazer family have still not indicated how much they want for United, with even the most senior people involved not knowing the asking price.
It is understood approaching eight bids were sent in to Raine on Wednesday night, but not all of them are to buy United outright.
