Bezos Consortium Nears Deal for Liverpool Stake

Fenway Sports Group is poised to announce a major investment deal that would see a consortium led by businessman Amit Bhatia, and including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, acquire a significant minority stake in Liverpool Football Club. The agreement, which could be made public as soon as this week, would value the Premier League club at approximately £6 billion.

According to reports, the transaction would involve the sale of roughly one-third of FSG's stake in Liverpool. The consortium is fronted by Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and a former co-owner of Queens Park Rangers. The involvement of Bezos, one of the world's wealthiest individuals, and Saverin, a co-founder of Meta Platforms, brings substantial financial backing to the deal. An insider indicated the stake could be slightly larger than initially thought, potentially exceeding 30 percent.

FSG, which has owned Liverpool since 2010, confirmed in late July that an investment consortium led by Bhatia had expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment. The group's statement at the time noted the interest was for a minority stake, a structure...