This is when Juan Sartori and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus are aiming to complete their Sunderland AFC takeover

The Black Cats are the subject of a bid from a consortium including Juan Sartori and Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, with the duo set to take a combined 80 per cent stake in the club if the deal is completed.

News of the bid emerged on Friday, along with suggestions that a deal could be completed within a fortnight.

And French newspaper L’Equipe have put a similar timeline on completion of the deal – with a report in the print edition of their publication suggesting that Sartori and Louis-Dreyfus are targeting early December as a completion date on the transaction.

The L’Equipe report also offers an insight into Sartori and Louis-Dreyfus’ early plans for the Black Cats.

They include a Sporting Director, with the report suggesting that interviews have already taken place for the role and that four candidates – based in England and Scandinavia – have been shortlisted.

High-profile firm Executives in Sport are understood to have been appointed to lead the recruitment process.

Meanwhile, the report also suggests that the duo may not only be purchasing Sunderland.

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It has previously been reported that Sartori was keen to purchase a club in his homeland of Uruguay, with his advisers holding discussions with a club earlier this year.

And L’Equipe suggest that Sartori – with new backing from Louis-Dreyfus – could now make that vision a reality with a bid for Uruguayan Primera Division side Club Atletico River Plate.

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