Just a few months ago, rumors swirled that Jeff Bezos could place a bid for the Seattle Seahawks.

But it turns out that Bezos might be interested in Europe’s version of football instead.

The Amazon co-founder and billionaire is reportedly in talks to join a bid for a 30% stake in the Liverpool Football Club — a major professional English soccer team.

The Guardian reported that Bezos may join a group of investors backing Amit Bhatia, the former co-owner of the Queens Park Rangers, another professional English soccer team.

Bhatia has made a provisional offer of $1.8 billion to buy a stake in Liverpool from Fenway Sports Group — the company that owns the team in addition to the Boston Red Sox, NASCAR’s RFK Racing and Boston Common Golf, according to The Guardian.

Liverpool FC and Fenway Sports Group did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Bezos and Bhatia could not be reached.

If Bezos’ investment goes through, it’ll be a stark departure from the theories that have swirled online for years that he would buy the Seattle Seahawks. Bezos lived in the Seattle area, where he founded the e-commerce giant Amazon, for nearly three decades before moving to Miami.

Bezos had allegedly tried bidding for the NFL’s Washington Commanders, which are based in Washington, D.C., in 2023. But the Financial Times reported that eventual Commanders owner Josh Harris outbid Bezos.

The Seahawks, which were owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen for decades and run by his sister, Jody Allen, after he died in 2018, went up for sale after winning the Super Bowl in February.

But any whispers that Bezos could buy the Seahawks were silenced earlier this month after the NFL announced the family of one of Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists had won the bid. Vinod Khosla and his wife, Neeru, led a group that has agreed to purchase the team for a record price of $9.6 billion.

Neeru Khosla will serve as the team’s controlling owner, meaning the Seahawks will remain as one of 10 NFL teams to have a woman listed among its controlling ownership group.

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