Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is reportedly preparing to acquire a stake in Liverpool FC as Fenway Sports Group (FSG) moves forward with plans to sell a significant minority position in the Premier League club.

A consortium that includes Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin is being led by Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and a former shareholder in Queens Park Rangers. The group is closing in on an agreement with FSG, the American ownership entity that has controlled the Merseyside club since 2010. According to Sky News correspondent Mark Kleinman, a deal could be announced as early as this week.

FSG acquired Liverpool for £300m more than 15 years ago. Amid soaring valuations across England's top flight, the club could now command a price exceeding £4.5bn, underscoring why even a minority sale has drawn attention from major global investors.

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The Mittal family's sports holdings are currently headlined by the Rajasthan Royals, a franchise in India's Premier League.

FSG, which completed its Liverpool takeover in 2010, had been exploring the creation of a multi-club network — similar to the models pursued by Manchester United's Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Manchester City's City Football Group — before abandoning those plans earlier this year. That shift leaves the club's ownership structure focused on targeted outside investment rather than an expanded portfolio approach.

Former Liverpool chief executive Peter Moore offered a measured perspective on Bezos's involvement in an interview with the Liverpool Echo last week.

"Sure, someone sends an email to Jeff Bezos and says: 'Would you be interested in doing this consortium?' That doesn't mean Bezos [will accept]," Moore said. "Jeff has never shown any interest and even if he did, if he put in one percent of his net worth that he is going to throw in here and he can bring his wife, Lauren Sanchez, to Anfield, where she can come to Anfield and the cameras will be on her and she can have a right great time."

The ownership group confirmed Bhatia's interest in a statement to the Financial Times: "An investment consortium led, managed, and represented by Amit Bhatia has expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club."

FSG's existing investor roster includes RedBird Capital Partners, LeBron James, and Maverick Carter. Separately, US sports investment firm Dynasty Equity reportedly paid up to $200m for a stake amounting to less than four per cent of the club.

Earlier this month, FSG's chief of football Michael Edwards departed the organization.