{
  "id": 1015629,
  "title": "Liverpool owner FSG seals £1.65bn sale of 30% stake to consortium including Jeff Bezos",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/liverpool-owner-fsg-seals-1-65bn-sale-of-30-stake-to-consortium",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-14T16:00:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/aug/14/liverpool-fc-ownership-stake-sale-jeff-bezos-consortium"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Confirmed deal values club as a whole at £5.5bn Amit Bhatia will become club’s new vice-chairman Liverpool’s owner, Fenway Sports Group, has confirmed it has agreed the sale of 30% of the club to a consortium including Amit Bhatia, the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. The deal is understood to be worth £1.65bn, valuing Liverpool at £5.5bn, and will see Bhatia…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Football Club: Jeff Bezos joins Liverpool FC with investor group",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/fu-ballclub-jeff-bezos-steigt-mit-investorengruppe-beim-fc-liverpool",
        "published": "2026-08-14T18:29:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}