Billionaire Jeff Bezos and his associates are about to acquire a 30% stake in Liverpool - Photo: FSA
According to Sky News (UK), Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his investment team are close to reaching an agreement to buy a one-third stake in Liverpool. Negotiations have progressed significantly, and an announcement could be made this week.
Reportedly, this deal is valued at around $6 billion. This figure is many times higher than the £300 million that Fenway Sports Group (FSG) spent to acquire Liverpool in 2010.
At that time, Liverpool were facing financial difficulties under Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
The Sun (UK) reported that Bezos's investment group also includes Eduardo Saverin (co-founder of Facebook), and businessman Amit Bhatia (son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal).
Bhatia is considered to have played the most important role in assembling and leading the investment group.
This information comes at a time when Liverpool are entering a period of significant upheaval after what is widely considered a failed season. Liverpool have just changed their head coach and let a number of big names leave, including club legend Mohamed Salah .
More than ever, Liverpool needs ample resources to build a new era and continue competing for major titles.