bought for \u00a3300m in 2010<\/a> and whose value has soared since. And the principal owner, John W Henry, is a venture capitalist, after all. But it is also true that FSG remains fiercely competitive and to continue challenging among an elite that includes oil-rich states necessitates ever more investment. That is why FSG has sought, and occasionally found, new investors before. The current talks are not considered part of an exit strategy by Liverpool\u2019s owners but a potential opportunity to attract considerable funds while remaining in overall control. The company has parked plans to buy a second club \u2013 a decision that led to Michael Edwards\u2019s recent departure as FSG\u2019s chief executive of football \u2013 and last summer funded the biggest transfer outlay in Liverpool\u2019s history of almost \u00a3450m. To maintain and improve those levels, having made only a modest profit of \u00a38m when winning the Premier League title under Arne Slot in 2024-25, requires injecting fresh capital into the club.<\/p>\nLiverpool spent \u00a3125m on Alexander Isak on deadline day in August 2025, part of a \u00a3450m summer outlay. Photograph: Ian Hodgson\/APHave we been here before?<\/p>\n
Several times. In March 2021, FSG sold 10% of the company to RedBird Capital Partners for \u00a3543m. In 2022, FSG hired the investment banks Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to seek out potential buyers for a 10% stake in Liverpool. No deal was done and Henry confirmed the following year that FSG was always open to new investment but not looking to sell the club. In 2023, FSG sold a reported 4% stake in Liverpool to Dynasty Equity, an American sports investment company, for \u00a3164m. That money was largely used to pay off debts incurred during the pandemic.<\/p>\n
Who are the potential investors?<\/p>\n
Bhatia, who stepped down as co-owner and director of QPR on Tuesday after 18 years, is believed to have secured financial backing from Mittal. The Mittal family wealth is estimated to be \u00a323bn. Those riches pale in comparison, however, with another potential investor \u2013 Amazon\u2019s founder, Jeff Bezos. The fourth-richest person in the world could afford to buy Liverpool outright and still have $250bn left in his back pocket. Bezos has been approached about joining the consortium but is reportedly undecided on whether to invest in a Premier League club for the first time. Bezos is no longer chief executive of Amazon but is executive chair of a company that has expanded from online retail into entertainment and sports rights, including for Premier League games, in recent years.<\/p>\n
What would it mean for Liverpool\u2019s finances?<\/p>\n
Even without Bezos on board, the consortium\u2019s proposed offer would improve Liverpool\u2019s capital considerably as the club begins a new era under Andoni Iraola. How much say and sway Bhatia and others would have over Liverpool\u2019s football operations remains to be ironed out. With the FSG president, Mike Gordon, returning to a more prominent role at the club after Edwards\u2019s exit, it seems unlikely that Liverpool\u2019s owners would follow the Glazers\u2019 example with Ratcliffe at Manchester United and grant a minority shareholder full control on the football side. Given talks are only at a preliminary stage, Liverpool\u2019s transfer plans for this summer are not expected to be affected.<\/p>\n
What happens next?<\/p>\n
Talks continue until a deal is done or collapses. FSG\u2019s willingness to confirm Bhatia\u2019s bid in a statement to the Financial Times on Tuesday, and Bhatia\u2019s departure from QPR that very same day, indicates negotiations are heading towards a successful conclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What has happened? A consortium led by Amit Bhatia, the former co-owner of Queens Park Rangers and son-in-law…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-563256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}