Manchester United will be sold for a world record fee – should the Glazers accept one of the incoming bids for control of the club.
Officials are confident that offers of more than £5bn will be forthcoming ahead of Wednesday's deadline, which would eclipse the $4.65bn paid for the NFL’s Denver Broncos last year.
United are expecting six bids, which would be a mix of full takeover and partial investment.
Of those, at least two – the Qatari bid revealed by this newspaper and that of rival Sir Jim Ratcliffe, are expected to go beyond £5bn.