Bezos to Bag a Piece of Liverpool FC: Another Billionaire's New Toy?

Sky News broke the news, as they often do when billionaires are playing musical chairs with sporting assets: a group led by Amit Bhatia – that's the son-in-law of steel baron Lakshmi Mittal, if you're keeping score – is reportedly hammering out the final details to buy roughly one-third of Liverpool. Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin? He's in on the action too.

This transaction? Look for it to drop any day now. It values the club at a staggering £4.4bn ($6bn). One of the biggest ownership deals in sports history. No surprise, really, when you consider the players involved. Bezos alone sits on a war chest estimated at north of £207bn. Saverin isn't exactly slumming it either, with a net worth of roughly £23.7bn.

Remember when FSG swooped in back in 2010? Liverpool was on the ropes, financially. They picked it up for a paltry £300m. This new sale price, that whopping £4.4bn, just shows you how much dough American ownership can generate. All those shiny trophies helped, sure, and the club's 'commercial expansion' – whatever that truly means beyond selling more shirts – certainly padded the books. Heck, Dynasty Equity's minority punt just three years ago slapped a £3.3bn valuation on the club. Cha-ching.

Insiders whisper that this deal could swell past 30 per cent. Bezos dipping his toes into football? It's a first for him. But it's hardly a shocker. These elite clubs aren't just teams anymore; they're trophy assets, shiny toys for the billionaire set. Just ask Saverin, who tried to snag Chelsea back in the chaotic 2022 takeover auction. Didn't work out then, but you can't fault a rich guy for trying again.

When you get backers this big, the rumour mill kicks into overdrive. Everyone's already wondering if a full ownership bid is on the horizon. FSG and the consortium? Naturally, they're playing coy. No comment. For now.