Chelsea's new owner could be known next week.
PA Sports reports New York merchant bank the Raine Group will then hope to present a preferred bidder to Downing Street in the week of April 18.
The Government must approve the eventual buyer, with the issuing of a new Treasury licence for the sale the final hurdle for Chelsea's would-be new owners.
And sources close to the Government have revealed Downing Street's satisfaction in principle with all remaining parties in the battle to buy the club from Russian Roman Abramovich.
Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family and Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly, in partnership with US magnate Mark Walter and British businessman Jonathan Goldstein, have both pushed hard in their bids.
Boehly's consortium took a tour of Chelsea's training ground as they looked to complete an historic takeover.
The Ricketts family's bid has drawn criticism among Chelsea supporters in West London.
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