Following on from the news on Tuesday that Amit Bhatia, backed by the Mittal family, is in talks to buy a significant minority stake in Liverpool Football Club, Sky reporter Mark Kleinman is today reporting that the consortium has reached out to billionaire Jeff Bezos to join their bid.
A spokesperson for the consortium led by Mr Bhatia declined to comment on Bezos’ prospective investment on Tuesday night, while a spokesman for Bezos has been contacted for comment, according to the Sky story.
This news will obviously be divisive for the fanbase of the club, with Amazon owner Bezos one of few individual names that many would find as problematic as the sale of the club to a nation-state for sportswashing purposes.
While it also does not appear that FSG have any plans to relinquish majority control of the club at the moment, some will inevitably speculate as to whether it could potentially open up a pathway to that down the road, especially given FSG were exploring a full sale just a few years ago.