Chelsea's four bidders are tabling their final offers today.
All four parties claim to be putting forward cash-only bids that will not load debt onto the club.
The Ricketts family and the Todd Boehly-led consortium believed they had a potential edge in that regard yesterday, but The Times reported this morning that the groups led by Sir Martin Broughton and Stephen Pagliuca also said they had raised the money to buy the club outright.
That would mean takeovers by any of the groups would not involve the servicing of any debt, while the funding of a Stamford Bridge renovation is not be expected to be an issue.
A preferred bidder is expected to be confirmed next week and it is thought the winning bid could be as much as £2.75 billion, reports the London Evening Standard.
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