Bezos-backed consortium buys a third of Liverpool

Image caption,Bezos has been linked with potential investments in several sports teams in recent years, but Liverpool is his first confirmed deal Bezos stepped down as CEO of Amazon five years ago but remains one of the company's biggest shareholders.

FSG, which bought Liverpool in a £300m deal in 2010, previously sold a minority stake in the Anfield side to global sports investment firm Dynasty Equity."It's important we take time to understand fully the long-term implications this deal will have for our club's ownership and at the same time what it doesn't mean – wild speculation about transfers and spending helps no one.