Liverpool fan group asks club for clarity around consortium including Jeff Bezos

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is part of a consortium understood to be closing in on a deal to buy a significant minority stake.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is part of a consortium set to buy a share of Liverpool (Paul Ellis/PA)

Supporters’ group Spirit of Shankly has written to Liverpool to stress the ownership and control of the club is “fundamental to us all” with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos part of a consortium understood to be closing in on a deal to buy a significant minority stake.

Bezos, one of the three richest men in the world, has no prior experience of investing in a sports team, although he was linked with a takeover of NFL side Washington Commanders and previously Seattle Seahawks.