Bhatia and Liverpool: the ownership angle worth watching

The Bhatia claim

Amit Bhatia is not an unknown figure in football business circles. He has previously been involved with Queens Park Rangers through his father-in-law Lakshmi Mittal's family interests, so a move into top-level club ownership wouldn't come from nowhere. The Sky Sports column, written by Dev Trehan, describes him as 'closing in' on a Liverpool stake — but offers no sourcing beyond that framing, no figure, and no timeline.

To be clear: this is a single-source claim from a niche columnist feature. Fenway Sports Group, who own Liverpool, have not commented. No transfer or business journalist of record has picked it up. Until that changes, treat it as a lead worth watching rather than a done deal worth reporting as fact.

If it does move — if Romano, The Athletic, or the Financial Times start sniffing around — it becomes one of the more interesting ownership stories in the Premier League this year. FSG have previously explored outside investment, so the structural appetite is at least plausible.

The diaspora eligibility question

The column also revisits a question that surfaces periodically in British South Asian football communities: could players from the UK diaspora represent the India national team? It's a legitimate international football topic — FIFA eligibility rules allow players to switch allegiances under certain conditions, and India's player pool has historically been thin at the top level.

Trehan also revisits Yan Dhanda's debut, a moment that carried real weight when it happened — Dhanda becoming one of the few British South Asian players to feature in the Football League at that level. The column uses it as a cultural reference point rather than a news hook.

The broader picture here is real even if the individual claims are still soft: British South Asian involvement in football — as players, investors, and administrators — is growing, and the Bhatia angle, if confirmed, would be the most significant marker of that yet.

For now, the Liverpool stake story is the one to monitor. The column planted the flag. Someone else needs to verify it.