Today marks seven months to the day since the Glazers announced they were open to the idea of selling Manchester United.
As the saying goes, and as fans have since found, the road to hell is paved with good intentions and the club is now stuck in limbo with no conclusion to the saga in sight. While the Glazers announced in November the club was "commencing a process to explore strategic alternatives", it has been clear that the owners are in no rush to do so.
Five rounds of bidding have since taken place, with Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and Sir Jim Ratcliffe emerging as frontrunners, while in the background the nightmare scenario of the current regime remaining as further financing from US investment groups also remains a possibility.
