The impact $284bn Jeff Bezos will actually have at Liverpool as FSG tipped for full exit

Liverpool fans have been told what they can expect from Jeff Bezos’ prospective investment in the club.

Amazon founder Bezos, one of the richest people in the world, is part of a consortium close to buying roughly a 30 per cent stake in the Reds.

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And football finance expert Stefan Borson was in the talkSPORT Breakfast studio with Alan Brazil and Gabby Agbonlahor and to explain what Bezos’ involvement would mean for Liverpool, who are currently owned by the American Fenway Sports Group (FSG).

He said: “They’ve done an amazing job since they bought the business. They bought it for £300m and you’ll remember it was in some distress.

“When they bought it they were quite close to administration. It was very serious. They got it for a bargain price. I think from a business perspective they’ve done pretty much everything perfectly well since then and they’ve reaped the rewards.

“By the way, they’re in for zero because they’ve already sold bits of it off to other private equity co-investors

“This will be a billion pounds in their pocket and I think it’s a precursor to a full exit in due course.”

Agbonlahor asked: “And what changes now, though? Liverpool fans listening will say, ‘Well, we’ve got billion-pound owners anyway; we spend a lot of money’. Will Liverpool be able to spend money now?

“The rules are still in place, aren’t they? You can’t spend whatever you like, so what changes with investment?”

Borson explained: “I think that’s the key summary is they’re already in this world, you know, of private equity owners and high net worths.

“And actually, probably very little changes in terms of what they can spend. I mean, we are talking about a situation where they spent, you know, 400 million quid last summer.”

Responding to Brazil urging Liverpool fans not to panic, Borson continued: “I think it’s probably the other way. They probably slightly object to the sort of commercialisation of Liverpool Football Club as a global asset.

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“The language that these guys are going to talk is all about assets, asset classes, all of the sort of very much Wall Street language.

“That’s the sort of thing that I think Liverpool fans are going to go, ‘Hang on here; we’re a football club’, and it’s going to get away from that.

“But that’s the nature of all of the top clubs now – certainly the top six, they’re in the valuation parameters, sort of six times their revenue, which makes them multi-billion pound organisations.”

While FSG are set to maintain majority ownership of Liverpool for the time being, Bezos and co. could seek to take full control in future.

The consortium is led by Amit Bhatia, son-in-law of Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal – whose family owns a minority stake in Championship club QPR – and also includes Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.

FSG bought Liverpool back in 2010 and have transformed the club’s fortunes during their time at Anfield.

Under their ownership, the Reds have won their first two Premier League titles and been crowned champions of Europe for a sixth time.

Speaking on the potential investment last month, a spokesperson for FSG said: “An investment consortium led, managed, and represented by Amit Bhatia has expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club.”

Liverpool, under new boss Andoni Iraola, are preparing for the start of the 2026/27 Premier League season next week.

The Reds kick off their campaign away to Newcastle on Sunday, August 23.