SCOUT· 46%37m·2026-08-20·SportsBezos and Liverpool: Is a full sale inevitable?
FSG have sold nearly 40 per cent of Liverpool to a consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, as exclusively revealed by The Athletic earlier this week. Kate Mason is joined by senior news reporter Matt Slater, former England goalkeeper Rob Green and Jack Pitt-Brooke to discuss the significance of the investment…
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“Getting a bit bored of every media outlet using Bezos name like he's the sole most important part of this investment... Literally headed by former QPR chair Amit Bathia... Bezos won't hold a seat on the board... It's literally him partaking…”
“FSG are gone in 12 months no one buys 38% to stay a minority stakeholder for years and years.”
“I don't understand this whole fsg out nonsense. Compare 16 years of fsg with the 20 years before that. We're now one of the richest most well run clubs in the world. Pre fsg we would never have been in a conversation to be able to sign the…”
“FSG are venture capitalists and have done very well to grow Liverpool over the past 16 years. Now they’re looking to sell. It’s as simple as that.”
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