A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is reportedly close to agreeing a deal to acquire a roughly one-third stake in Premier League club Liverpool, according to multiple media reports on Monday.
The investor group also includes Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook, the reports said.
Sky News reported that the consortium is led by Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and a former shareholder in English second-tier club Queens Park Rangers.
Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group (FSG) could announce a deal as early as this week.
The investment would reportedly value the club at approximately £4.4 billion ($5.9 billion), making it one of the highest valuations recorded for a football club deal.
FSG, which acquired Liverpool in 2010, has explored outside investment in recent years while retaining control of the club. A deal at the reported valuation would underline the substantial increase in Liverpool's worth during FSG's 16-year ownership.
Neither Liverpool nor FSG immediately responded to the reports.
Liverpool, who won the Premier League title in 2025, are entering a period of transition following the departure of manager Arne Slot and prolific forward Mohamed Salah.
Michael Edwards, widely credited with helping build the squad that won Liverpool's first English league title in 30 years in 2020, left his role as chief executive of football at Fenway Sports Group in July.
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An agreement between Iran and the U.S. to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is expected "soon," a U.S. official has said. The deal would result in the resumption of commercial shipping through the sea passage and the lifting of an American naval blockade on Iranian ports.
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A deal on a new route for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz is "very close," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said, while warning that the reopening of the waterway depends on the U.S. meeting other conditions, including paying compensation to Iran.
Iran said it was nearing a final pact with Oman defining new shipping lanes between them through the Strait of Hormuz but repeated that the U.S. must meet other conditions.
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