The Premier League have requested a further two weeks to respond to the Newcastle Consortium Supporters' letter before action.
This group of Newcastle United supporters have accused the Premier League of breaching competition law with their handling of the club's failed takeover last summer.
The fans intend to take the case to the Competition Appeal Tribunal, which oversees cases involving competition regulatory issues, and have asked the Premier League to assist them to achieve a speedy resolution.
Now, a week on from issuing a letter before action, the Newcastle Consortium Supporters have posted an update on their Twitter account.
'At 12.59 our lawyers received an EPL letter asking for a further 14 days to respond to our claim due to its detailed nature & to refrain from legal action,' they tweeted.
'While we consider their request, we’re unable to reply to public requests. Thank you for your support!'
The buyers - Amanda Staveley, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the Reuben Brothers - withdrew their offer to buy the club last summer, citing the 'prolonged process under the current circumstances coupled with global uncertainty'.
The big issue, of course, with the Premier League's owners' and directors' test was establishing who the ultimate owner was going to be and the consortium stressed they provided assurances from the 'highest possible level' that the PIF was independent of the Saudi state.
However, given how the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is the chairman of the PIF, this understandably proved a complicated issue.
Richard Masters, the Premier League's chief executive, previously revealed that the governing body made a 'clear determination as to which entities it believed would have control over the club' and asked each 'person or entity' to provide the 'additional information which would then have been used to consider the assessment of any possible disqualifying events'.
'The Premier League recognised this dispute and offered the consortium the ability to have the matter determined by an independent arbitral tribunal if it wished to challenge the conclusion of the board,' Masters wrote in a letter to Newcastle Central MP Chi Onwurah.
'The consortium chose not to take up that offer, but nor did it procure the provision of the additional information.'
Mike Ashley and Newcastle, however, did not believe the Premier League and Masters 'acted appropriately' and the Magpies' owner has appointed two QCs, Nick De Marco and Shaheed Fatima, to oversee his legal battle against the governing body.
