Amit Bhatia says the consortium that took a 38% stake in Liverpool earlier this month are ready to answer the call of majority owners Fenway Sports Group and make the new partnership a huge success at Anfield.
And the club's new vice chairman has outlined how FSG will still have the final say on all matters concerning Liverpool as he prepares for his first match as part-owner on Saturday afternoon against Nottingham Forest.
Bhatia lead a group that includes Jeff Bezos, the world's third richest man, and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin to a deal worth around £2billion earlier this month. It's since been reported that the 1892 Holdings group have an option to purchase the club outright in 12 months for £6billion.
Bhatia – who served in various executive roles at Queens Park Rangers for nearly 20 years – reiterated how FSG are still the majority partners in Liverpool FC and talked up his excitement at the start of a new era at ownership level.
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Asked how involved he is expecting to be in an interview with LFCTV, Bhatia said: "I think again it's very important to emphasise that we're going through a regulatory process. That regulatory process is under way and we have to be incredibly respectful of that process.
"So it's important to say that, number one. Number two, I think it's important to be very clear that this club remains under the ownership of FSG.
"FSG are the decision-makers and this is their ownership. They have invited us and we're very fortunate to be a partner as a minority alongside them.
"And so my involvement really, or our involvement really, would be in any capacity that FSG felt that we could be useful to them.
"So, subject to regulatory [approval], in any capacity that FSG wants us to be involved, in any way that they think that we can add value for the betterment of the football club, is how we will make ourselves available at all times.
"We come from different geographies, we come from different professions, and hopefully with that you bring different experiences and ideas, different thoughts.
"If we are called upon, if there's any area that we have this expertise in or that FSG would like to discuss with us, our thoughts or our involvement, we would absolutely be there.
"We believe that the potential for the football club is still vast ahead of us and we have had some discussions with FSG as to those thoughts. And hopefully if everything goes well, our association with the club will also be for a very, very long period of time.
"And so as and when we can see those opportunities and we feel that they're in the best interests of the football club, as an entire group we'll come together and try to support in the best way that we think we can.
