Liverpool owner in talks to sell stake to QPR co-owner Amit Bhatia

• Bhatia backed by father-in-law Lakshmi Mittal

• Minority stake deal values the club at £4.5bn

Liverpool’s owner is in talks over selling a significant minority stake to a consortium led by the Queens Park Rangers co-owner Amit Bhatia and backed by his father-in-law Lakshmi Mittal, the billionaire Indian steel magnate.

Fenway Sports Group confirmed in a statement https://www.ft.com/content/c98495e5-ad15-498a-ab3f-9d3d72341975?accessToken=zwAAAZ-FgsdxkdPJhJXlrRVJitOrP509cjQZdQ.MEQCIFO9PZ3hm4JsTgdgWUqCAeQT5GNVLcXzymRF6QefQUe0AiBqKD-o6bw_8iHFbxCrKIgWiBQflcFZo6-gHR4fEuJp3w&segmentId=e95a9ae7-622c-6235-5f87-51e412b47e97&shareId=1d725fed-f78d-4a65-80d5-7699086c9827&shareType=enterprise&syn-25a6b1a6=1">to the Financial Times that it had begun negotiations with a group led by Bhatia over a potential share sale that would value Liverpool at about £4.5bn.