Fenway Sports Group (FSG), masu Liverpool, suna cikin tattaunawar da ta ci gaba da consortium da Amit Bhatia, ɗan kasuwa ɗan Biritaniya-Indiya, ke jagoranta don sayar da hannun jari na ƙarami a kulob din Premier League. An bayyana cewa Jeff Bezos — wanda ya kafa Amazon kuma mawadacin uku a duniya — an kusance shi don ya shiga ƙungiyar masu saka jari.

Wane ne Bhatia da Bezos?

Bhatia, ɗan shekara 46, yana da tarihin bankin saka jari kuma yanzu yana gudanar da AyBe Capital, wata kamfani mai kadarori da yawa da ke aiki a harkokin fasaha, kafofin watsa labarai, dukiyar gini, kasuwancin dillali, da lafiya. Ya auri Vanisha Mittal Bhatia, 'yar dan kudin Indiya mai masana'antar ƙarfe Lakshmi Mittal.

Bezos shi ne wanda ya kafa Amazon, wanda ya ƙaddamar da shi daga garejin gidansa da ke Seattle a 1994 kuma ya haɓaka ta har ta zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi tasirin kamfanonin duniya. Hannun jarinhansa kuma ya haɗa da kamfanin sararin samaniya Blue Origin da Nash Holdings, wacce take mallakar The Washington Post. Forbes ta kiyasta arzikinsa a $245bn (£184bn), wanda ya sa shi na uku a jerin mawadata duniya bayan Elon Musk da Larry Page.

Tarihinsu a wasanni

Tarihin Bhatia a ƙwallon ƙafa ya fara ne a 2007, lokacin da iyalin Mittal suka siya kashi 20 na Queens Park Rangers, suka sanya shi mataimakin shugaba yana da shekara 28 kawai. Daga baya ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban QPR daga 2018 zuwa 2023 kafin ya canja hannun jarihisa ga mafi yawan mai hannun jari Ruben Gnanalingam a farkon wannan mako. Ta hanyar AyBe Capital, ya kuma saka jari a TGL — gasar golf da ta haɗu da wasanni da fasaha wadda Rory McIlroy da Tiger Woods suka kafa.

Bezos mashahurin masoyin ƙwallon ƙafa ta Amurka ne kuma da ya bincika siyan Washington Commanders da Seattle Seahawks a baya, ko da yake a yanzu bashi da hannun jari mai muhimmanci a wani ƙungiyar wasanni. An lura da shi a gasar zagaye na 16 na FIFA World Cup 2026 tsakanin United States da Belgium a Seattle a farkon wannan wata, tare da matarsa Lauren Sanchez Bezos.

Me ya sa FSG za ta iya tunanin sayar wa?

FSG ba ta ƙarƙashin matsin lamba don sayar da hannun jari, amma ƙungiyar ta nuna a 2022 cewa tana buɗe wa ga saka jari daga waje. Wani ɓangare na hannun jari ya biyo baya aka sayar wa Dynasty Equity a 2023 akan £164m. Bayan kula da nasarar Liverpool a duk babban gasar da ake iya lashe, FSG na iya ganin wannan a matsayin lokaci mai kyau don cin riba — tare da ci gaba da riƙe ikon kulob din.

Menene darajar da yarjejeniyar za ta iya yi?

Babu wata adadi ta hukuma da aka tabbatar, amma rahotanni sun nuna cewa consortium ɗin na iya neman hannun jari har kashi 30. Forbes ta ƙiyasta darajar Liverpool a £4.7bn, wanda ya mai da kulob din na huɗu mafi daraja a duniya — bayan Manchester United (£5.4bn), Barcelona (£5.6bn), da Real Madrid (£7.1bn). Farashin ƙarshe zai dogara ne akan hannun jarin da aka samu.

Wane kuma yana da hannun jari a Liverpool?

FSG ta riƙe cikakken ikon gudanarwa na Liverpool, yayin da kamfanonin hannun jari na masu zaman kansu RedBird Capital da Arctos Sports Partners suna da hannun jarin da suka riga suka mallaka, tare da hannun jarin Dynasty Equity na wucin gadi.

Me zai biyo baya?

Yarjejeniyar tana kan farkon mataki. Majiyoyi sun nuna cewa duk wata ma'amala da aka kammala tana iya ɗaukar watanni maimakon makonni, kuma an riga an san sunayen masu saka jari da ba a sani ba ban da Bhatia da Bezos. FSG ta biya £300m don Liverpool a watan Oktoba 2010 — ma'ana shi ne ko da siyar da ɓangare ɗaya a ƙimomin yanzu zai wakilci komawa da riba ta ban mamaki.