With the specter of Elon Musk suddenly hanging over Merseyside, the question becomes: how much would it cost to buy Liverpool?
Reds fans were shocked to hear on Tuesday afternoon that the multi-multi-multi-billionaire’s father suggested his son did indeed have some sort of interest in purchasing the club, however small.
The claim was originally published by Weekend Sport – known for their salacious and far-fetched stories – but Errol Musk’s interview with Times Radio reinforced the idea that the Tesla boss might indeed be enthusiastic.
Fenway Sports Group bought Liverpool for £300 million in 2010, has no plans to sell the club and has not received any approach from the political stoker.
But Musk is said to be the richest man in the world with a net worth of around £336 billion, and money often talks.
The Reds are valued at £4.3 billion Forbes from May 2024, more than 14 times higher than what FSG bought them for in 2010.
Liverpool’s were valued at £4.3 billion in May, but Elon Musk is worth around £336 billion
The possibility of Musk taking control of Liverpool has caused a stir in recent days
His father, Errol Musk, confirmed that the billionaire was indeed interested in buying them
It means Musk would have to part with a hefty amount of cash if he wanted to buy them outright – but again, that figure only amounts to about 1.3 percent of his net worth.
In 2022, he took control of Twitter and renamed it X, for a whopping £35 billion.
‘Has he expressed a desire to buy Liverpool Football Club?’ Musk’s father was asked on Times Radio
‘I can’t comment on that. They will raise the price,” he said, laughing.
When asked again, Musk admitted that his son has expressed interest in purchasing Liverpool, still remains reluctant on the matter and refuses to enter into concrete negotiations.
‘Oh yes. But that doesn’t mean he buys it,” he replied. ‘He would like that, of course. Everyone would want that – me too!
When asked why Musk is specifically interested in Liverpool, his father revealed that his family has generational ties to the Merseyside city.
‘His grandmother was born in Liverpool, and we had family in Liverpool, and we were lucky enough to know a lot of the Beatles, because they grew up with part of my family. So we are attached to Liverpool, you know,” he told Times Radio.
Fenway Sports Group paid £300 million for Liverpool in 2010 and does not want to sell
Musk has previously described his grandmother, who was born in 1923 and died in 2011 aged 87, as “an important part” of his childhood, including time spent on holiday on Merseyside as a young child.
“My Nana was one of those poor, working-class girls who had no one to protect her and who could have been kidnapped in today’s Britain,” he said on X.
‘She was very strict, but also kind and I could always count on her. She grew up very poor in England during the Great Depression, but was bombed out in World War II.
“To earn money for food, she cleaned houses, leaving me with an abiding respect for those who do so.”
The South African-born Tesla magnate once proudly declared that he was “of a British/English background and not an Afrilkaner background.”
When Margaret Thatcher died in 2013, the entrepreneur paid tribute on Twitter – which he now owns and has been renamed X – saying the late Prime Minister was “tough but sensible and honest, just like my English grandmother”.
His grandmother, Cora Amelia Robinson, was one of five siblings born in August 1923 in the family’s modest terraced house in Mossley Hill, Liverpool.
She grew up in pre-war poverty as part of a “proud, hardworking family” before leaving Britain to settle in South Africa, where she married Walter Musk in 1944.
The couple subsequently had a son Errol, who had three children of his own: Elon, brother Kimbal and sister Tosca. In addition to the North West, Musk also has relatives elsewhere in England.
If Musk is seriously considering buying Liverpool FC, he will make an offer to current owner John Henry – who also owns MLB team Boston Red Sox and NHL side Pittsburgh Penguins.