Elon Musk’s dad has explained why the family has such a strong connection to Liverpool – and suggested his son would ‘love’ to buy the Premier League club.
The world’s richest man, who owns companies including Tesla, SpaceX and the social media platform X, has been linked with buying an English football team in the past.
And now his interest is making headlines again – thanks to his own dad.
Speaking to Kait Borsay on Times Radio, Errol Musk revealed his son has ‘expressed a desire’ in the Premier League leaders.
“Does your son want to buy Liverpool Football Club?” Borsay asked.
“I can’t comment on that, they’ll raise the price. I can’t comment on that,” Errol jokingly responded.
Borsay, a Liverpool fan herself, then pressed him further on the issue, as it ‘means a lot’ to her and other supporters.
She enquired: “Has he expressed a desire to buy Liverpool football club?”
“Oh yes, oh yes – but that doesn’t mean he’s buying it, you know,” Errol said.
“He would like to, yes. Obviously. Anyone would want to. So would I.”
According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk has a worth of $439 billion (£350m).
That is enough money to blow Liverpool’s current owners, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), out of the water.
Liverpool’s current owners are worth around $13bnGetty Musk, with a worth of over $400bn, blows FSG out of the waterGettyTheir empire, founded by John W Henry, is said to be worth just shy of $13bn (£10.4bn), making Musk roughly 32 times richer.
According to Forbes, Liverpool are the fourth most valuable football club the world, with an estimated value of $5.7bn (£4.3bn)
That amounts to just over 1% of Musk’s total net worth.
There has been no indication that FSG is open to selling Liverpool, and last summer Henry noted that their commitment to the club was ‘stronger than ever’.
During his interview with Times Radio, Errol went on to explain that the Musk family have strong ties to the city.
“My mother – (Elon’s) grandmother – was born in Liverpool and we have relatives in Liverpool,” he explained.
“We were fortunate to know quite a few of The Beatles, because they grew up with us, my family, and so we’re really attached to Liverpool.”
Musk has ties to the city of Liverpool, according to his fatherGettyMusk has been linked with owning a sports team in the past.
Back in 2022, he briefly sent the hearts of Manchester United fans racing, tweeting claims that he was buying the club.
He went on to clarify that he was only joking, but did say that if he was to buy a football team, it would be United because they were his favourite growing up.
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