It’s still unclear how exactly GameStop, at a fraction of eBay’s size, would secure all the money needed for the transaction.

Shareholders in the ecommerce company are getting a good deal, at least on paper, with an offer of $28bn of cash

Ebay, whose market capitalization is four times that of Gamestop, highlighted the “uncertainty” around the “financing proposal” for the $56 billion unsolicited bid.