The company is also offering to return cash throughout the loan’s lifespan, more assets as collateral, a higher interest rate and an early repayment of a first tranche of money due next year.
The requests for proposals were issued by the parent firms to banks on Tuesday, with financing of the expansion to be split between conventional loans and sharia-compliant facilities.
New York lawyer Michael Garcia delivered his report last week to FIFA’s Ethics adjudicatory chamber, who will decide on the consequences in about a month.
The family group, which collapsed during the financial crisis, said in May that it had direct liabilities to financial institutions worth around $6 billion.
Market participants with direct knowledge of the deal said that Bahrain would be able to issue its first 30-year debt by taking advantage of good sentiment towards the Gulf in general.