The Glazer household are being confronted with a contemporary ultimatum over their possession of the membership as Sheikh Jassim grows more and more assured of being profitable in his bid.

Both the Qatari and Sir Jim Ratcliffe stay within the race to amass the membership, however based on CBS Sports' Ben Jacobs, there are solely two outcomes that are lifelike at this level.

"Still, we have the same situation where Nine Two Foundation and INEOS are in the process," Jacobs informed GiveMeSport.

"Maybe the only difference at this point is that there's a real feeling on the Qatar side, that it will now be a case of them being successful, or a no sale, possibly with some kind of financing baked in."