Jeff Bezos group nears Liverpool stake deal, Sky says

Sky News reported on Monday that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is part of a consortium nearing a deal to buy roughly one-third of Liverpool Football Club.

Sky said the investor group is led by Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, and also includes Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. It said Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group could announce a deal as soon as this week and that the investment would value the Premier League club at $6 billion.

Fenway Sports Group confirmed last month that Bhatia's group had approached it. An FSG spokesman said an investment consortium led, managed and represented by Bhatia had expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool.

FSG, which also owns the Boston Red Sox, bought Liverpool in 2010 for £300 million, or $405 million. It sold a minority stake in Liverpool in 2023 to US private equity group Dynasty Equity.