Jeff Bezos to buy Liverpool? Finance guru reveals tycoon's investment role

Jeff Bezos' addition to a consortium purchasing a minority share at Anfield is unlikely to be as exciting as Liverpool supporters expect.

That is according to former Manchester City financial adviser Stefan Borson, who exclusively told Football Insider that the CEO Amazon, who has a net worth of €269billion, won't be heavily involved.

The consortium is being led by British-Indian millionaire businessman Amit Bhatia, son-in-law of the Indian billionaire businessman Lakshmi Mittal, who himself is worth £30bn.

It is also understood that the group have approached Bezos to join the consortium, with discussions held ahead of a potential deal being struck.

Understandably, this has sparked excitement within the fanbase, with some often asking for more when it comes to spending in the transfer window.

Of course, the Reds spent an eye-watering £450million on transfers last summer, but that was a very rare occurence at Anfield.

Liverpool fans to be 'surprised' by lack of change from new deal

Speaking exclusively to Football Insider, Borson has warned fans of getting overexcited, suggesting that the onboarding of Bezos would make little difference.

"It's probably not much, to be honest, as surprising as that might be. First of all, I suspect that if he does come on board, he's coming on board as a minority in the minority," he said.

"So, a part of the consortium, but probably with no steering ranks for that group. And in any event, they're going to be a minority.

"Any power that they're likely to have is going to be limited. It's not the same as the situation with Ineos, where Ineos effectively take control of the running of the club and take it off the Glazers' plate.

"It won't be like that, I don't think. But even if it was, Bezos is not going to be involved in the general running. It it will be a toy for him, an interest.

"It'll be in the same way he's bought things like newspapers before and the Washington Post, things like this and he's bought other assets before that he doesn't get involved in the day-to-day running of.

"But this seems different even, if he did get involved, because he seems to be a minority of a minority, as opposed to somebody that's going be leading it or buying the whole. I think it's a bit of a red herring."

FSG have already made their feelings clear over full sale

FSG last welcomed new investors in September 2023, striking an agreement with Dynasty in 2023, a deal which was valued at between £82m and £164m.

FSG spoke about their future at the time, saying: "FSG has frequently received expressions of interest from third parties seeking to become shareholders in Liverpool.

"FSG has said before that under the right terms and conditions, we would consider new shareholders if it was in the best interests of Liverpool as a club."

FSG have continued to further strengthen the club's financial position, and that is what the current situation feels like with Bhatia and the consortium.