Bezos, Saverin approached for Liverpool stake

Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) are in preliminary talks with a consortium led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia over a minority stake sale.

The consortium has made a provisional offer of £1.35 billion for around 30% of Liverpool, valuing the club at approximately £4.5 billion.

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has been approached to join the investment group, but his involvement is unconfirmed.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has also been approached by Bhatia to join the consortium but has not yet decided whether to invest.

Amit Bhatia is the founder of investment firm AyBe Capital and son-in-law of Indian steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal.