Bezos has a fortune worth 207 billion pounds (280 billion USD) as estimated by Forbes, while Saverin is said to be worth over 23.7 billion pounds (32 billion USD).
Key Factors
Sky Sports is in touch with the club and FSG for a comment. Their investment in The Reds will value the club at 4.4 billion pounds (6 billion USD), making this one of sport’s richest deals of all time. The 44-year-old Saverin, a part of the consortium associated with an unsuccessful takeover bid for Chelsea FC back in 2022, which was triggered by Russia president Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Bezos has not previously been linked to any deals in football, his involvement with the club underlines the extent to which football is now viewed by wealthy investors as an asset class in its own right.
Outlook
The arrival of such a power-packed consortium also gives fuel to expectations that its members would seek outright control over the multi-time Premier League-winning club. FSG declined to comment further on the deal’s potential timing, while the consortium spokesperson also declined to comment. One insider also said that the deal was now expected to be slightly larger than previously anticipated, potentially with a stake of over 30 per cent. If the valuation hits 4.4 billion pounds, the deal will reinforce the financial success that the club owner’s FSG have enjoyed since taking over the club. The Boston Red Sox owner acquired Liverpool for 300 million pounds when it was in a troubled state financially. The last time stakes changed hands in Liverpool was back in 2023, when Dynasty Equity bought a small interest, valuing it at more than 3.3 billion pounds (4.5 billion USD).
A spokesperson for FSG said last month, as quoted by Sky Sports, “An investment consortium led, managed, and represented by Amit Bhatia has expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club.
