Bill Shankly famously declared that a football club is made up of a holy trinity. Players, the manager and supporters sat at the heart of the Liverpool godfather’s ethos while ‘directors don’t come into it – they are only there to sign the cheques’. Fenway Sports Group are routinely confronted with that sentiment by the … Read more
A consortium led by Amanda Staveley has reached an agreement to buy a 25.1% stake in West Ham after Vanessa Gold, daughter of the former chair David Gold, agreed to sell her family’s shares in the Championship club. The move by the businesswoman who helped lead the Saudi consortium takeover of Newcastle comes after a … Read more
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has held talks about joining the consortium that is seeking to buy around 30% of Liverpool. The group led by former Queens Park Rangers co‑owner Amit Bhatia has made a provisional offer of £1.35bn to buy a stake from Fenway Sports Group (FSG), and is talking to other potential investors over … Read more