Ed and Jamie look at Jeff Bezos buying into Liverpool, a deal that values the club at around £5.5 billion for a consortium stake of just under 40%. Why is Bezos getting involved now? Can an Amazon-owned media empire buy into a Premier League club without creating a conflict of interest for future TV rights deals? And how does it compare to United's own ownership structure?
On United specifically, spend so far this summer sits at £135 million gross. What does that mean for United's SCR position? And why loaning Marcus Rashford out doesn't actually help United's finances despite the noise.
The second half of the pod covers the wider transfer market: Tottenham's spending after two bottom-third finishes, Chelsea's need to sell under their settlement agreement, and a longer discussion of whether the squad cost ratio is fair on clubs like Newcastle and Villa. The answer, broadly, is that it isn't as unfair as often claimed.
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0:00 Intro
2:13 Bezos Liverpool consortium
16:16 United's transfer spend and SCR position
22:31 Rashford's future
27:35 Big-six spending across the league
39:54 Is SCR anti-competitive?
45:51 Salary caps and the owner-funding
47:15 Ownership exits: Chelsea, Clearlake, FSG
49:34 EFL losses and the Premier League deal
56:22 Wrap-up
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