A consortium of investors led by Amit Bhatia and backed by the Mittal family is in talks to buy a significant minority stake in Liverpool Football Club, in a deal that would value the English Premier League side at more than $6bn.

Liverpool FC said it has found almost 68,000 fake accounts registered with the club as £1.2m of assets relating to ticket touting were seized by police. The club has worked alongside Merseyside Police to seize upwards of £1.

Jeff Bezos is in talks to join a consortium buying a 30 percent stake in Liverpool FC, raising fresh questions about money, politics and identity at one of England's most storied clubs.

More than £1.2m (€1.4m) in assets have been seized and 432 lifetime bans issued as part of a clampdown by Liverpool FC and Merseyside police on ticket touting. In the first operation of its kind between a Premier League club and their local police authority,

Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos has reportedly been approached by an Amit Bhatia-led consortium looking to buy a 30 per cent stake in Liverpool.

Who is Amit Bhatia? The British-Indian businessman, former QPR co-owner and son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal is leading a consortium interested in buying a minority stake in Liverpool FC in a deal that could value the Premier League club at more than $6 billion.

Liverpool are reportedly targeting a star member of Spain's World Cup-winning team, while Andoni Iraola's chances of a certain reunion this summer are on the up

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