Elon Musk’s father Errol has confirmed his son’s interest in buying Liverpool Football Club, pointing to the family’s long-standing connection to the English city.
Musk is ranked by the magazine as the richest person in the world ForbesHe has a net worth of over £330 billion – almost twice as much as his closest rival, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. In addition to his ownership of SpaceX, Tesla and the social media website X, Musk has a close relationship with US President Donald Trump. Now the South African-born billionaire is being linked with a move to the Premier League.
Rumors of Musk’s interest in buying Liverpool, the current leaders of England’s top flight and the only Champions League team with a perfect record this season, were put to his father Errol in an interview this week.
“Does your son want to buy Liverpool Football Club?” Errol was asked Times Radio.
“I can’t say anything about that, they’ll raise the price!” Musk Sr. joked. “Oh yes, [he has expressed a desire]but that doesn’t mean he buys it.
“Of course he would like to do it. Everyone would want it – me too!” Errol Musk added.
A move for Liverpool, rather than any other football club, isn’t quite as coincidental as it might seem for a tech entrepreneur with citizenship in South Africa, Canada and the US.
“His grandmother was born in Liverpool,” Musk Sr. revealed, “and we have relatives in Liverpool, and we were lucky enough to know some of the Beatles because they grew up with some of my family members. So we feel connected to Liverpool.” You know.”
Liverpool is already in American hands. The investment company, now known as Fenway Sports Group (FSG), paid just £300 million for the Premier League giant in 2010 after the Merseyside club was on the brink of bankruptcy under the disastrous regime of Tom Hicks and George Gillett collapse.
FSG has seen Liverpool rise from mid-table to regular Premier League and Champions League challengers using a cost-effective approach that leverages statistical analysis. Liverpool opened up to external investment back in November 2022 and later clarified that it was interested in selling a minority stake rather than approving a full sale.
Manchester United – the only English club with more top titles than Liverpool – sold a 27.7% stake in the club to Sir Jim Ratcliffe in December 2024, worth around £1.2 billion. At this rate, a full sale of Liverpool would be worth between £5 billion and £6 billion – equivalent to less than 2% of Musk’s net worth.