Jeff Bezos arrival unsettles Liverpool fans as 1892 Holdings eyes 38% stake | OneFootball

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·9 September 2026

Jeff Bezos arrival unsettles Liverpool fans as 1892 Holdings eyes 38% stake

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Many Liverpool supporters are uneasy about Jeff Bezos’s planned arrival in the club’s ownership.

L'Équipe reports that on 14 August it was officially announced that 1892 Holdings would imminently take a stake in the club, and describes Bezos as a Liverpool shareholder.


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Once English football’s regulators approve the deal, the consortium of billionaires will buy 38% of Liverpool from Fenway Sports Group, the American company that owns the club.

For many fans, this debate has overshadowed worries about the team’s defensive compactness and Florian Wirtz’s prolonged difficulty in asserting himself as the side’s playmaker.

Bezos has so far remained in the background.

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