Finnish tech entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus says his group remain in contact to buy Inter Milan.
Zilliacus has been keen to buy Inter for over a year.
He told the Italian Football Show: "It's time for Suning to sell Inter.
"They can't put it off any longer. I made a very serious and complete offer to purchase 100% of Inter presented to Suning in February.
"We were very close to concluding the deal."
