Jeff Bezos, wanda ya kafa Amazon kuma na matsayi na huɗu a cikin attajirai mafi arziki a duniya, ana cikin tattaunawar da suka ci gaba don siyan hannun jarin 30% a Liverpool a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiya — kuma wannan ci gaba ya haifar da martani mai rikitarwa daga masu goyon baya.

Dukiyar Bezos ta kai kusan dalar Amirka biliyan 257 (fam biliyan 190) bisa ga Forbes. Don bayyana girman wannan adadi, Liverpool ta samu kudaden shiga na tarihi na fam miliyan 703 a bara — amma dukiyar Bezos ta fi haka sau 270.

Riba mai yawa ga FSG

Fenway Sports Group ta sayi Liverpool da fam miliyan 300 a shekara ta 2010, lokacin da kulob ɗin yake, a cewar Manajan Darakta Billy Hogan, "a gabar fatarar kuɗi kai tsaye." Idan aka ƙara rance na ƙungiya na kusan fam miliyan 218 tun daga lokacin, jimillar kashe kuɗin FSG ya kai kusan fam miliyan 518.

Sayar da hannun jari na 30% da aka ba da shawara zai ƙimar kulob ɗin da fam biliyan 4.5 — sau 13 na farashin 2010 — kuma zai ba FSG kusan fam biliyan 1.35.

"Yarjejeniya ce mai kyau sosai ga FSG," in ji masanin kuɗaɗen ƙwallon ƙafa Kieran Maguire ga BBC Sport. "Suna samun fam biliyan sama da daya kuma suna riƙe iko — wannan shine mafi kyau na bangarori biyu."

FSG ta yi saka hannun jari a kayan aikin kulob yayin mulkinta, ciki har da sabon cibiyar horo da faɗaɗa filin wasa. A filin wasa, fari na shekara 30 a gasar ya ƙare a kakar 2019-20, kuma wani lakabi na Premier League ya biyo baya a 2024-25, sannan UEFA Champions League ta shida ta zo a 2018-19.

Duk da haka, Maguire ya gargaɗe masu goyon baya kada su yi tsammanin an yi kashe kuɗi mai yawa kan canja wurin 'yan wasa. Dokokin Proportional Squad Cost na Premier League suna haɗa kasafin canja wurin da kuɗaɗen kasuwanci ba dukiyar mai kulob ba, kuma wannan yarjejeniya na iya zama sayar da hannun jari kawai ba tare da wani amfanin kuɗi kai tsaye ga kulob ɗin ba.

Wane ne sauran membobin ƙungiyar?

Bezos ya bar jagorancin Amazon shekara biyar da suka wuce amma har yanzu yana daya daga cikin mafi girman hannun jarinsa. Yana kuma mallakan kamfanin sararin samaniya Blue Origin, Washington Post, da kamfanin jarin saka hannun jari Nash Holdings, kuma kwanan nan ya kafa kamfanin hankali na wucin gadi mai suna Prometheus.

Eduardo Saverin, wanda ya kafa Facebook tare da wasu kuma ana cewa dukiyarsa ta kai dalar Amirka biliyan 32 (fam biliyan 23.7), ana cewa shi ma yana cikin ƙungiyar. Haka nan Amit Bhatia, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin darakta da mai kulob ɗin Queens Park Rangers tsawon shekara 18 kafin ya yi watsi da hannun jarinsa a kulob ɗin Championship a ranar 21 ga Yuli — wata matakin da, a ƙarƙashin dokokin Football Association da suka hana yin hannun jari mai yawa a kulob ɗi sama da ɗaya, ya yi kama da tabbatarwa da shigarsa cikin yarjejeniyar Liverpool.

An daɗe ana haɗa sunan Bezos da mallakar kulob ɗin wasanni, musamman ƙungiyoyin Amirka. Ana rahoton cewa yana da sha'awar Seattle Seahawks, wanda aka sayar da fam biliyan 7.3, kuma Washington Commanders an sayar da shi da fam biliyan 4.6 a shekara ta 2023. Hannun jari na 30% a Liverpool zai ba shi damar shiga ɗaya daga cikin manyan alamu na ƙwallon ƙafa na duniya da ƙaramin ɓangare na waɗannan adadi.

Me masu goyon baya ke tunani?

Masu goyon bayan Liverpool suna da ƙwaƙƙwaran tunawa da zamanin Tom Hicks da George Gillette, kuma da yawa daga cikinsu suna maida hankali kan wannan labarin da hankali. Ƙungiyar masu goyon baya Spirit of Shankly (SOS) ta gabatar da tambayoyi kai tsaye game da niyyar ƙungiyar da kuma matakin shigar da ita a kwamitin kulob.

"Muna so mu san abin da ƙungiyar da ke saya za ta samu a madadin hannun jarinta na 30%. Shin wannan ƙungiya mai yiwuwa tana da bukatun kulob ɗin a gaban ko sayan 'kofin girmamawa' ne?" — Mai magana da yawun Spirit of Shankly, ta hanyar BBC Sport

SOS ta kuma ɗaga damuwa game da tarihin Bezos a matsayin mai aikatawa. Rahoton Trades Union Congress na 2020 ya bayyana "dogon, mai gajiyarwa tare da manufofi mara ma'ana na yawan aiki" a cikin Amazon, kuma a shekara ta 2024 fiye da ma'aikata 200 sun shiga yajin aiki na kwana biyu a wurin kamfanin Birmingham game da albashi da haƙƙin ƙungiyoyi. Amazon ta ce tana duba albashin ta akai-akai don tabbatar da gasa.

Gareth Roberts, mai tiket na kakar Liverpool da mai masaukin baki na podkast ɗin Late Challenge LFC, ya shaida wa BBC Sport: "Yadda Amazon ta yi wa ƙungiyoyi da ma'aikata ba ya da daɗi. Shin zai ƙara haɓaka sunan Liverpool ne kawai don samun kuɗi kamar yadda zai yiwu?"

Hogan ya nuna cewa FSG ba ta da niyyar sayar da kulob ɗin gaba ɗaya. Duk da haka, Maguire ya yi imanin cewa cikakken mallakar na iya zama gaskiya nan gaba — idan farkon saka hannun jari ya yi kyau ga dukkan bangarori.