Bezos Flirts With Liverpool Stake

Bezos, sitting on nearly $257bn, has had the syndicate's feelers out, the Mittal family right there with them. Don't get ahead of yourself, though. Sources whisper that Bezos actually *going through* with this whole investment thing? Far from a done deal.

Bhatia's crew just brought in advisors. Smart move, I guess, if you're trying to wheel and deal with Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool's current owners. They're talking north of $6bn for the club, the Financial Times reports. FSG themselves spilled some beans to Sky Sports News: yeah, the consortium's "expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment." Fancy words for kicking the tires, maybe.

Bhatia? He conveniently stepped down as QPR co-owner on 21 July. Guess that cleared his calendar for Liverpool. Before all this, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. Then he built a little empire: construction, real estate, private equity. Not bad. Oh, and he married Vanisha Mittal Bhatia back in 2004. Her dad, Lakshmi Mittal, happens to be a steel magnate with a few billion. Connections, you know.

Expect any new money to look a lot like the Dynasty Equity deal from 2023. FSG offloaded a stake for £164m, just to chip away at debt. And here's the kicker: that deal was for a *passive* investor. No transfer funding. Just cash in the door.

Roughly half the Premier League is already owned by Americans. Bezos? He's poked around NFL acquisitions before. Didn't buy a single one. Just something to chew on.