Tommy Martin: From Keegan to Bezos, Liverpool carve-up a deal too far

Liverpool’s owners have given another example of how far the game has travelled from working class opera to tradable commodity.

KING KEVIN: Liverpool's Kevin Keegan in action as Everton defenders Mike Lyons (l) and Mike Pejic look on during the 1977 FA Cup semi final match at Maine Road. Photo by Tony Duffy/Allsport/Getty Images)

If anything could plunge you headfirst back into club football and all its works and pomps after the extended World Cup break, it’s the news that Jeff Bezos is being lined up to take a slice of Liverpool FC.

The very sound of it is enough to make you feel in need of a good scrub. Bezos, the quintessential dastardly modern tech billionaire baddy and Liverpool, the venerable football institution in a traditionally socialist city, albeit an institution long carved up and sold off in parcels to various funds and financial vehicles. Welcome back to the beautiful game, club version.