TL;DRBezos has been approached to join a consortium bidding £1.35B for a 30% stake in Liverpool FC from Fenway Sports Group. Amazon already holds Premier League TV rights in the UK.
Jeff Bezos has been approached to join a consortium seeking to buy a 30% stake in Liverpool Football Club from Fenway Sports Group, Sky Sports reported. The group is led by Amit Bhatia, the outgoing co-owner of Queens Park Rangers and son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal. The provisional offer is £1.35 billion ($1.8 billion), valuing Liverpool at approximately £4.5 billion ($6 billion). Talks are in the early stages and Bezos is not certain to proceed.
If Bezos invests, he would be the latest American tech billionaire to buy into European football. The overlap between tech wealth and sports ownership has accelerated in the past two years, driven by rising media rights values and the Premier League’s global audience. Amazon already holds Premier League TV rights in the UK, broadcasting a package of live matches through Prime Video. Owning a stake in one of the league’s biggest clubs while streaming its games would raise questions about conflicts of interest that neither Amazon nor the Premier League has publicly addressed.
