Jeff Bezos has held discussions about joining an investor group in talks to buy a stake in Liverpool Football Club, Sky News reported on Tuesday, raising the prospect that the world's fourth-richest man could become entangled in one of English football's grandest ownership sagas.
The Amazon founder has been approached to join a consortium led by Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and a former co-owner of Queens Park Rangers. According to Sky News, Bhatia's group is negotiating with Fenway Sports Group over a strategic investment in the Anfield club.
An FSG spokesperson confirmed the approach to Sky Sports News, saying: "An investment consortium led, managed and represented by Amit Bhatia has expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club." Crucially, the statement gave no indication that FSG is looking to give up control of the club.
Reporting from the Financial Times, cited alongside the Sky News story, suggests the talks value Liverpool at roughly $6 billion, with the consortium said to be exploring a stake of up to 30 percent rather than an outright takeover.
Sources close to the process caution that Bezos is far from committed. He is said to be weighing whether to join the syndicate at all, and multiple outlets described the discussions as exploratory and unfinished, with no agreement in place.
Bezos, whose fortune Forbes places at close to $257 billion, ranks as the world's fourth-richest person. A move into Premier League ownership, even as a passive minority investor, would mark his first successful foray into major sports team ownership.
That would break a pattern: Bezos has previously explored bids for NFL franchises, including the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Commanders, without completing either deal. The Commanders ultimately sold to a group led by Josh Harris in 2023 for roughly $6.05 billion.
FSG, headed by John W. Henry and Tom Werner, has owned Liverpool since 2010. The club has not put itself up for sale, and Tuesday's confirmation was framed strictly around a minority stake rather than a change of control.
ONE, the Israeli sports outlet, flagged the story under the headline "On the way to Anfield? Bezos considers investing in Liverpool," attributing the reporting to Sky News. The episode adds Bezos to a lengthening list of American billionaires now circling the Premier League's elite ownership tier.
For now, the story remains at the stage of talks about talks: a consortium seeking capital, a prospective investor weighing his options, and a current owner confirming interest without committing to anything more.
