Sabon juyi ya abubuwa ya al'amarin zuba jari mai yuwuwa a Liverpool ya fito fili, tare da rahotannin da ke nuna cewa Jeff Bezos — wanda ya kafa kamfanin kasuwancin yanar gizo na Amazon — an tuntube shi don shiga wata ƙungiya mai neman sayen hannun jari na ƙarami a ƙungiyar Premier League.

Amit Bhatia ne ke jagorantar wannan ƙungiya, wani ɗan kasuwa ɗan Birtaniya-Indiya mai shekara 46 kuma surukin mai jarin biliyoyin dalar Indiya Lakshmi Mittal. Bhatia ya yi murabus ɗin daga matsayinsa na darakta da abokin mallakin Queens Park Rangers ranar Talata bayan shekara 18 a ƙungiyar da ke yamma da Landan, wani mataki da ke bayyana yana buɗe masa hanyar jagorancin tattaunawar siyen rahotannin hannun jari na kashi 30 cikin dari a Liverpool.

Kafofin da ke kusa da Bhatia sun ƙi tabbatar wa BBC Sport ko an tuntubi Bezos a hukumance, suna cewa kawai ƙungiyar ta yi tattaunawa da dama daga cikin masu zuba jari masu yuwuwa. Fenway Sports Group, masu mallakar Liverpool 'yan Amurka, su ma sun ƙi yin sharhi.

Wane ne Jeff Bezos?

Bezos, mai shekara 62, yana matsayi na huɗu a jerin mafi arziki a duniya, tare da ƙimar dukiyar da aka kiyasta a dala biliyan 256.9 (fam biliyan 192.1) a cewar Forbes. Ya yi murabus ɗin daga matsayin babban daraktan Amazon a 2021 don zama shugaban gudanarwa, yana riƙe da kashi 8 na ɗari na kamfanin. Hannayensa sun haɗa da The Washington Post da kamfanin sararin samaniya Blue Origin.

Ko da yake Bezos bai taɓa zuba jari a wasanni na ƙwararru ba, ya yi kusa da hakan sau da yawa. A 2023, an haɗa sunansa da ƙoƙarin sayen ƙungiyar NFL ta Washington Commanders lokacin da mai mallakar Daniel Snyder ya sanya ƙungiyar don sayarwa. Ya kuma binciki yuwuwar sayen Seattle Seahawks — waɗanda suka lashe Super Bowl — amma a ƙarshe bai gabatar da tayin siyen kowace ƙungiya ba.

Me yasa FSG ke son sababbin zuba jari?

Yanayin ya bambanta ƙwarai daga zagayen zuba jari na ƙarshe na FSG. Lokacin da ƙungiyar ta sayar da hannun jari ƙarami mai lamba ɗaya zuwa Dynasty Equity a 2023, wannan yarjejeniyar ta taimaka wajen rama asarar kuɗaɗen shiga a lokacin annobar corona da kuma biyan basussuka masu alaƙa da ayyukan kayayyakin more rayuwa, ciki har da cibiyar horarwa ta Kirkby da faɗaɗawa tribunes na Anfield Road.

A wannan karo, kuɗaɗen Liverpool suna cikin ƙoshin lafiya. Ƙungiyar ta tabbatar a watan Fabrairu cewa ta samu kuɗaɗen shiga na tarihi waɗanda suka wuce fam miliyan 700, suna matsayi mafi girma daga cikin ƙungiyoyin Premier League a cikin jerin Deloitte Football Money League. A cewar Financial Times, yarjejeniya tare da ƙungiyar Bhatia za ta ƙima ƙungiyar a kusan fam biliyan 4.5 — fiye da sau 15 na fam miliyan 300 da FSG suka biya lokacin da suka karbi Liverpool a 2010.

Wannan hanyar tafiya tana ɗaga tambayar da ta dace: shin FSG na fara shirya kansa don fita a ƙarshe? Ƙungiyar ta kula da zamanin nasarori masu ban mamaki, inda Liverpool suka lashe taken Premier League guda biyu, UEFA Champions League, FA Cup, League Cup, Super Cup, da FIFA Club World Cup tun 2019.

Duk da haka, wannan kuma lokaci ne na canjin yanayi. Andoni Iraola ya karbi ragamar jagorancin a matsayin babban koci, Michael Edwards ya yi murabus ɗin daga matsayin Babban Daraktan ƙwallon ƙafa na FSG, kuma daraktan wasanni Richard Hughes an haɗa sunansa da ƙaura zuwa Al Hilal a Saudi Arabia. A wannan yanayin, lokacin da aka zaɓa don wannan zagayen zuba jari mai yuwuwa yana da mahimmanci.

Me magoya baya ke tunani?

Magoya bayan Liverpool na nazarin labarai da ke ɗaga tambayoyi kamar yadda suke ba da amsoshi. Neil Atkinson, Babban Daraktan dandamalin magoya baya ta The Anfield Wrap, ya shaida wa BBC Sport cewa bincike yana da muhimmanci a duk lokacin da masu arziki ke neman matsayi a ƙungiyar Premier League.