The Glazers family are refusing to drop their 6billion asking price for Manchester United.
The Glazers had set a 10pm deadline for bids to be lodged on Friday night to buy the club, with both Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Qatari Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Al Thani putting in offers.
Al Thani's bid to take over United in its entirety is thought to be over the 4bn mark, while Britain's richest man Ratcliffe's is believed to be short of that.
However the INEOS founder could match the bid from Qatar by making 25 per cent of the club available for fans to buy.
But The Sun says that neither bid will be enough to shake loose the unpopular American owners, who will reportedly resolutely hold out for 6bn.