Sunderland owner Ellis Short is reportedly happy to give the club away for free, so long as a buyer can be found to take on the club's significant debt.
It had previously been thought that Short would accept £50m for the club, but according to the BBC, difficulties finding a buyer mean that the American born businessman will now let the club go for nothing, so long as the club's debt goes with it.
Figures last published in 2016 valued that debt at £137.3m, with £69m of that reportedly owed to Short himself, although the BBC note that he may be willing to write off some of that figure.