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Jeff Bezos consortium could be majority Liverpool shareholder within a year

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The move is in advanced talks territory. Source confidence is high with single-source support.

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1892 Holdings has option to increase shareholdingGroup paid more than £2bn for initial 38% slice of club1892 Holdings, the new investor in Liverpool, has first refusal to become the majority shareholder in the next 12 months should Fenway Sports Group decide to sell.The consortium led by Amit Bhatia and including the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was believed to have bought 30% to one-third of Liverpool when the deal was announced on Friday. However, the agreement is for 38% of the Anfield club, meaning 1892 has paid FSG just over £2bn…

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The Guardian Football·rss·1h ago·primary
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