Amit Bhatia calls minority stake deal for Liverpool FC “the stuff of dreams”
Amit Bhatia (Image credit: Liverpool FC)
Amit Bhatia, the new vice chair of Liverpool FC, has said it is a "huge privilege and excitement" to be part of the club following a new minority investment, adding that he is the "biggest admirer" of everything it does.
Earlier this month, Reds owners Fenway Sports Group entered into a definitive agreement to sell a minority equity stake to 1892 Holdings.
The consortium is led and managed by Bhatia, and includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
Bhatia said to be involved, in any capacity, with Liverpool is a "huge privilege and a huge honour".
He added: "I'm just the biggest admirer of everything that is associated with this football club, whether it’s the history and the culture, the supporters, the journey of this club, the owners in FSG, the management team at Liverpool."
The businessman acknowledged that the move comes with an "enormous responsibility to the supporters, an enormous responsibility to make sure that people always feel the club is moving forwards".
Speaking about his involvement moving forward, he said: "I think again it’s very important to emphasise that we’re going through a regulatory process", adding "Number two, I think it’s important to be very clear that this club remains under the ownership of FSG. FSG are the decision-makers and this is their ownership. They have invited us and we’re very fortunate to be a partner as a minority alongside them.
"And so my involvement really, or our involvement really, would be in any capacity that FSG felt that we could be useful to them."
He continued: "We come from different geographies, we come from different professions, and hopefully with that you bring different experiences and ideas, different thoughts.
"If we are called upon, if there’s any area that we have this expertise in or that FSG would like to discuss with us, our thoughts or our involvement, we would absolutely be there. We believe that the potential for the football club is still vast ahead of us and we have had some discussions with FSG as to those thoughts.
"And hopefully if everything goes well, our association with the club will also be for a very, very long period of time. And so as and when we can see those opportunities and we feel that they’re in the best interests of the football club, as an entire group we’ll come together and try to support in the best way that we think we can.
"And so that’s very exciting to think about, because as I said, the potential is enormous.
"And we’re very excited to see what the future holds for us in that regard."
Bhatia admitted that being involved with the club is "the stuff of dreams."