If I wanted to take a struggling club over and get them moving forward then I'd want to do it asap. Even if that meant paying slightly over the odds, buying in August, appointing a manager of my choice and having a window in Jan to get promoted this year then I'd have done it.
They may still want to take control, they may well have been put off by the price but the visions of becoming a super rich powerhouse are absolute shite. They'll want a return on their money and they'll get it one way or the other.