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Jeff Bezos investment includes Liverpool clause as FSG faces potential exit Investment from the 1982 Holdings consortium has now been confirmed at Liverpool, with a large minority stake taken from Fenway Sports Group, which could end up being more It's a new era at Liverpool, as the club's majority owner, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), confirmed new investment into the club in a new strategic partnership. The American sports investment conglomerate has welcomed 1982 Holdings to Anfield, with a consortium of investors led by Amit Bhatia and backed by Lakshmi Mittal, Jeff Bezos, and Eduardo Saverin. That group has purchased a stake worth roughly 30 percent of Liverpool, costing them nearly $2 billion to do so, in what has been described as a "strategic stake" in the club. For now, FSG remains the majority stakeholder and the driving force behind the day-to-day elements of the team moving forward, but there is a belief that a full exit could follow in the future. That belief is strengthened by the fact that the deal to buy the minority stake includes the potential option to complete a full takeover of the club. The Athletic reports that there is a mechanism, somewhat like a clause, that can allow the consortium to complete a full takeover of Liverpool in the next 12 months. The report stresses that it is merely an option, and not an obligation, and there is no guarantee that the mechanism will be triggered in the next year. That could bring about a change of leadership in the boardroom, should the FSG shares be bought out, though there have already been some key changes within the Anfield board. Bhatia, who was the lead party in the recent discussions, has joined as vice-chairman at Liverpool, which will see him take a clear role in the boardroom. The British entrepreneur has experience in such environments, having taken up similar roles at Queens Park Rangers, where he was a co-owner and director across an 18-year spell with the London club. Elaine Saverin and Bryan Baum are among those who will also take a place at the top table, which may impact the long-term running and direction of the team moving forward. There will be no place for Bezos, however, who won't be an active participant on the board, and will instead be a passive investor in the future of the Reds. It means little in the immediate future of Liverpool, but in the long term, there could be key changes made to suit the new investors over time. Those changes could accelerate if there is a full takeover in the next year, with that mechanism being available to the group, but there is unlikely to be any movement on that front any time soon.