The sale of Chelsea is facing minor delays — although officials remain confident it will be completed by the end of May.
Final offers from the four shortlisted bidders have to be in by this Thursday, and it had been hoped that the club would present their preferred option to the Government a week on Thursday.
That is still the intention, and Government officials are willing to work through the Easter break. However, there is concern that issues with the availability of interested parties could delay that date.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, for which Nadine Dorries (pictured) is the chief said that reports that the Government had OK'd all four interested parties was 'inaccurate'
The Premier League, who would need to carry out an owners and directors test on the winning bid, want the new regime in place by May 31.