Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has been approached by a consortium looking to strike a minority stake in Liverpool with Tottenham previously open to outside investment
Tottenham Hotspur will likely have an eye on reports of an approach being made to Jeff Bezos over acquiring a minority stake in Liverpool. The Billionaire Amazon executive chairman has a net worth of £191.7billion and has been spoken to about joining a consortium led by Amit Bhatia.
Interest from the latter, who is the son-in-law of billionaire steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, was made public by Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group on Tuesday.
A a statement to our sister-title the Liverpool Echo read: "An investment consortium led, managed and represented by Amit Bhatia has expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club."
Sky News have since claimed that Bezos has been in discussions with investors and Bhatia, who was previously a director and co-owner of Queens Park Rangers, and Bezos could now be involved. However, their report has added that the 62-year-old investing is not a certainty.
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FSG opened the door to outside minority investment, and potentially a full sale, in November 2023 with Dynasty Equity making a small strategic investment, believed to be between 1.9 per cent and 3.8 per cent, in the club the following year.
While the new investment opportunity at Anfield does not engage with Spurs' ongoing leadership changes, there will be an eye on how it proceeds - especially when it comes to the valuation of the club.
The part-sale of Liverpool would reportedly place a valuation of $6billion (£4.49bn) on the club. That puts them behind only Manchester United in the Premier League, with Forbes recently valuing the Red Devils at around $6.6billion (£4.94bn).
Spurs have been valued somewhere around the £3bn mark, with the move to their new stadium back in 2019 proving a huge boost in recent years.
The unexpected departure of Daniel Levy last year saw theories emerge that selling the club was under consideration by the Lewis family. However, the ambition shown since then is not what would be expected of people looking to sell.
While Spurs' majority owners ENIC Group are also open to outside investment, the big difference between them and FSG is that they maintain the club is not for sale.
Last month, football.london reported that £100million was injected into the club by the Lewis family. Those funds follow a previous £100m put into the club back in October with the Lilywhites certainly showing their financial muscle to sign Sandro Tonali and Mateus Fernandes for a combined £185m this summer.
Following a disastrous 2025/26 campaign in which the club were nearly relegated, the Lewis family, with its most prominent members being Vivienne Lewis and her son-in-law Nick Beucher, released a statement on their plans for the future and how they were aiming to avoid another awful season.
Part of their statement read: “We are not selling the club. We are all in. We are investing in it. You will see more of this in the coming months.
“We care deeply about Spurs. The rebuilding the club needs, and you deserve, has begun. The change required is deep. It will take time and commitment, but change is happening. We know that actions will speak louder than words.”
The ambition thus far shown in the transfer window has seen that final sentence supported but fans will also want that to translate to improvements on the pitch.
Outside investment is still possible and Spurs' ownership group will likely be alerted to this development, but there does seem less of a requirement for further funds or a fresh set of people involved, as things stand, with the Lewis family appearing eager to make right on their promises.