According to a source, Jeff Bezos is getting close to signing a contract for a 30% share in Liverpool F.C.

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A consortium including Jeff Bezos is close to a deal to buy a roughly one-third stake in Liverpool F.C. Sky News reported Monday, potentially making the Amazon founder the latest billionaire to take a stake in a sports franchise.

A consortium of investors, led by Amit Bhatia, son-in-law of billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, includes Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, Sky News reported.

Their combined investment would value Liverpool at $6 billion, and an announcement on a transaction is expected as soon as this week.

Forbes ranked Liverpool as the fourth most valuable soccer team in the world with a valuation of $6.2 billion. Behind fellow Premier League member Manchester United ($7.2 billion), Barcelona ($7.5 billion) and Real Madrid ($9.5 billion).

Neither Liverpool nor Fenway Sports Group, the investment group that owns the club, immediately responded to Forbes’ requests for comment.

Bezos was last linked to a deal with the Seattle Seahawks and reportedly expressed interest in buying the NFL franchise as early as 2019. The Seahawks sold last month to an investment group led by billionaire Vinod Khosla for $9.6 billion, a record for an NFL franchise.

Bezos’s potential involvement with Liverpool follows a string of billionaires investing in sports teams. An investment group that includes billionaire and former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban acquired a minority stake in the Athletics last month, but it’s unclear how much that stake is valued at. Tom Dundon, who acquired a majority stake in the Carolina Hurricanes in 2018, bought the Portland Trail Blazers for $4 billion in March. Mark Walter bought the Los Angeles Lakers for a record $10 billion last year, following the $6.1 billion deal for the Boston Celtics by a group led by Bill Chisholm.

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