Summary
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is reportedly in talks to invest in Liverpool Football Club. He’s considering joining a group led by Amit Bhatia, a former co-owner of Queens Park Rangers, to buy a piece of the club. Fenway Sports Group, which owns Liverpool, has confirmed the discussions. The deal could value the club at over $6 billion and involve up to a 30% ownership stake. Bhatia recently left his position at QPR to help make this potential investment happen.
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is being considered as an investor in Liverpool Football Club. A group led by Amit Bhatia, a former co-owner of Queens Park Rangers, and supported by the wealthy Mittal family, is trying to buy a small share of the club. Liverpool’s owners, Fenway Sports Group, have confirmed they are in talks about this potential investment. However, sources say Bezos hasn’t yet committed to the deal. If it goes through, it would add to the growing amount of American money being invested in top English football clubs.
On July 21st, Amit Bhatia officially sold his ownership stake in Queens Park Rangers to Ruben Gnanalingam, clearing the way for a potential new investment. This marked the end of Bhatia’s 18 years with the club, during which he helped QPR get promoted to the Premier League in the 2010-2011 season. Bhatia, age 46, is married to Vanisha Mittal, daughter of billionaire Lakshmi Mittal (worth approximately £22 billion or $29.4 billion). The Mittal family’s wealth significantly strengthens the proposed takeover.
A former Amazon executive is now involved in negotiations to buy the Merseyside football club, significantly increasing the financial stakes. Forbes estimates his wealth at around $257 billion. He previously considered buying NFL teams like the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders but decided against it. The current discussions value the club at over $6 billion. It’s a huge increase from 2010 when Fenway Sports Group bought the team for £300 million (about $401 million). Fenway Sports Group, which also owns the Boston Red Sox, has been growing its collection of sports teams worldwide for the past ten years.
The planned purchase follows a pattern Fenway Sports Group used in a previous deal. In 2023, they sold a portion of the club to Dynasty Equity for around £164 million ($219 million USD) and specifically used that money to pay down debt and upgrade facilities – not buy players. Experts believe any money from the Bhatia group will likely be used in the same way. This investment is part of a larger trend of foreign ownership in the Premier League, where almost half of the teams are now owned by Americans.
2026-07-22 10:56