Former executive director Charlie MethvenSign up to our Sunderland AFC newsletter The i newsletter cut through the noise Thanks for signing up! Submitting...Those talks did not come to a resolution and the club then held talks over a potential sale to the FPP group. The American consortium ultimately decided to inject £10 million into the club, secured against the club and its assets. That loan will have to be settled as part of any deal that would see a new party take over the club. “Pretty much within a week of Stewart this time saying Sunderland is up for sale, we had a queue at our door of very credible people.

Source: BBC January 21, 2020 10:52 UTC