Consortium including Bezos advances talks for Liverpool stake

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Talks for a consortium that includes billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to buy about a 30% stake in Liverpool are advancing, BBC Sport has been told.The group is led by British-Indian millionaire businessman Amit Bhatia and also includes Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.Owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) confirmed last month that the group had "expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club".Bhatia is the son-in-law of Indian billionaire businessman Lakshmi Mittal and had been a director and co-owner of Queens Park Rangers for 18 years before relinquishing his stake in the club last month.American businessman Bezos, founder of e-commerce giant Amazon, is the fourth-richest person in the world.According to Forbes, the 62-year-old has an estimated net worth of $256bn (£192bn).FSG, who bought Liverpool in a £300m deal in 2010, previously sold a minority stake in the Anfield side to global sports investment firm Dynasty Equity.