Liverpool supporters have grown used to speculation about the club’s ownership.
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Liverpool supporters have grown used to speculation about the club’s ownership, but the latest developments suggest that change at Anfield may be edging a little closer.
Sky News reports that a consortium currently in talks to buy a large minority stake in Liverpool has spent recent weeks courting some of the wealthiest investors on the planet.
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The group is being led by Amit Bhatia, the son in law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, and is thought to include several other parties who have yet to be named publicly.
One of the most eye catching names now attached to the process is Eduardo Saverin, among the founders who helped bring Facebook to life in 2004 alongside Mark Zuckerberg.
According to Sky News, the 44 year old was contacted several weeks ago about joining a syndicate that could become Liverpool’s second largest shareholder.
His fortune is estimated at more than $32bn, and he now jointly runs B Capital Group, a venture capital firm that has backed dozens of startups across artificial intelligence, healthcare and finance.
Saverin is no stranger to football investment. He formed part of a group that made an unsuccessful attempt to buy Chelsea during the 2022 sale, so the prospect of Premier League ownership is clearly one that appeals to him.
Should he press ahead this time, he could find himself investing alongside Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder whose interest in the deal emerged only last week.
Nothing is guaranteed.
Sources have cautioned that Saverin may not end up part of the final investor group, and the exact shape of the consortium remains fluid.
What does appear increasingly likely is that Fenway Sports Group is prepared to sell around 30 percent of the club.
Such a deal could value Liverpool at more than $6bn, a figure that would place it among the biggest transactions English football has ever seen, rivalled only by the sums involved at Chelsea and Manchester United.
For FSG, controlled by John Henry, it would mark another lucrative chapter in a spell of ownership that began in 2010.
The last time a stake changed hands was in 2023, when Dynasty Equity bought a small share valuing the club above $4.5bn.
FSG, which also owns the Boston Red Sox, has largely earned praise from supporters, even if last season’s fifth place finish and the sacking of Arne Slot in May left some uneasy.
The timing is notable.
Liverpool are preparing for a new era under Andoni Iraola, and for their first campaign in years without Mohamed Salah leading the line.
Fresh money, and fresh ambition in the boardroom, may prove well suited to a squad entering a period of real transition.
Exclusive: Eduardo Saverin, one of the co-founders of Facebook, is among the wealthy businesspeople who have been approached to join a consortium which is in talks to buy a large minority stake in Liverpool Football Club. It’s not clear whether Saverin will proceed with…
— Mark Kleinman (@MarkKleinmanSky) July 26, 2026
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