{"id":823007,"date":"2026-07-24T12:19:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/823007\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:19:14","slug":"could-jeff-bezos-buy-liverpool-inside-the-extraordinary-rumours-about-amazon-billionaire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/823007\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Jeff Bezos buy Liverpool? Inside the extraordinary rumours about Amazon billionaire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every Liverpool fan will be wanting to know one thing at the moment &#8211; could Jeff Bezos end up buying a stake in the club?<\/p>\n<p>Amazon founder and CEO Bezos is one of the richest men on the planet with a reported net worth of more than $250billion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jeff Bezos at World Cup\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-round-16-match-usa-1093688133.jpg\" data-caption=\"Bezos, who recently attended the World Cup, has been approached to join a consortium in talks with Liverpool\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-round-16-match-usa-1093688133.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Bezos, who recently attended the World Cup, has been approached to join a consortium in talks with LiverpoolCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>So, to have that financial power involved in the Reds could potentially take the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/premier-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier League<\/a> giants to a never-before-seen level.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos is said to be in talks with a consortium, which has <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/4447406\/liverpool-talks-consortium-mittal-family-worth-six-billion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">been backed by the Mittal family<\/a>, over joining their investor group.<\/p>\n<p>Talks are ongoing between <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113209\/liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> and the consortium led by Amit Bhatia, who is the son-in-law of billionaire Lakshmi Mittal.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds&#8217; owners, Fenway Sports Group, have also confirmed that they have been approached for a minority stake.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE ON FOOTBALL<\/p>\n<p>However, nothing is finalised at this stage, with Bhatia hiring advisers to work on an offer amid the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool are expected to be valued at more than $6billion in any transaction, which is one of the highest valuations ever.<\/p>\n<p>And potential investment from Bezos is sure to be one that excites Liverpool supporters &#8211; but could it actually happen?<\/p>\n<p>Could Jeff Bezos buy Liverpool?<\/p>\n<p>Football finance expert Stefan Borson says it isn&#8217;t surprising to hear such a name linked to one of the biggest clubs in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, I think it&#8217;s the natural follow-on from the top clubs becoming so valuable,&#8221; Borson told talkSPORT. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you have an asset that&#8217;s worth a total, like <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113099\/manchester-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a>, $5-6billion, there&#8217;s a very limited pool of buyers for assets of that scale.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anfield before Liverpool v Brentford.\" height=\"652\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sun-sun-sunday-general-view-1083554381.jpg\" data-caption=\"Borson thinks Bezos being interested in buying into Liverpool isn't a shock\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sun-sun-sunday-general-view-1083554381.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Borson thinks Bezos being interested in buying into Liverpool isn&#8217;t a shockCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It tends not to be a financial buyer because the cash flow of the football clubs can&#8217;t justify the financing of those deals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, you tend to end up with sovereign wealth or nation states, plus a small selection of the very wealthiest billionaires, largely out of America, or in this case, out of India as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a surprise. If you&#8217;re buying an asset, even if it&#8217;s a toy towards the end of your life, if you&#8217;re buying an asset for $6billion, you&#8217;ve got to be worth at least 20x that and worth over $100billion by its nature.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Only going to get bigger<\/p>\n<p>Peterborough United chairman Darragh McAnthony thinks Bezos&#8217; potential involvement in Liverpool could just be the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>And McAnthony theorised why FSG could be thinking about giving up a minority stake too, providing an owner&#8217;s view.<\/p>\n<p>He told talkSPORT: &#8220;I think what happens is, you&#8217;ve got John Henry and co, who are getting a bit older, basically taking a few quid for themselves.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liverpool owner John Henry\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/john-w-henry-owner-liverpool-797323967.jpg\" data-caption=\"McAnthony has jumped into the mind of FSG amid the talks over them selling a stake\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/john-w-henry-owner-liverpool-797323967.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>McAnthony has jumped into the mind of FSG amid the talks over them selling a stakeCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So a couple per cent of $6billion&#8230;$2-3billion maybe, they&#8217;re not giving up a majority stake, they will still control things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But maybe they need a bit of cash to use for other things, you don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>Read More on talkSPORT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s the same in the States, Seattle has just been <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/nfl\/4383180\/seattle-seahawks-sale-owners-price-deadline\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sold for nearly $10billion<\/a> for an <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> franchise&#8230; if you look at franchise appreciation, these things are going through the roof.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It won&#8217;t be long until Man United and Liverpool are $10-15bn in valuation.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every Liverpool fan will be wanting to know one thing at the moment &#8211; could Jeff Bezos end&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":823008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[287951,49,48,287947,90,287949,287948,287950,574,82],"class_list":["post-823007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-amit-bhatia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-could-jeff-bezos-buy-liverpool","tag-jeff-bezos","tag-liverpool-new-owner","tag-liverpool-owner","tag-mittal-family","tag-premier-league","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=823007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/823007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/823008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=823007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=823007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=823007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}