Elon Musk’s father Errol has confirmed his son’s interest in buying the Liverpool football club, pointing to the family’s long-standing connection with the English city.
Musk is ranked as the richest individual in the world Forbeswho boasts a net worth of more than £330bn – almost double that of his nearest rival, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Along with owning SpaceX, Tesla and social media X, Musk has a close relationship with US President Donald Trump. Now the South African born billionaire is being linked with a move to Premier League.
Rumors of Musk’s interest in buying Liverpool, the current leaders of the English league and the only one Champions League team with a perfect record this season, they told his father Errol in an interview this week.
“Does your son want to buy Liverpool Football Club?” Errol was asked further Times Radio.
– I can’t comment on that, it will raise the price! Musk Sr. joked. “Oh yeah [he has expressed a desire]but that doesn’t mean he buys it.”
“I would, obviously. Anyone would—and I would!” added Errol Musk.
A move for Liverpooland not any other football club, is not as coincidental as it may seem for a tech entrepreneur with South African, Canadian and US citizenship.
“His grandmother was born in Liverpool,” Musk Sr. revealed, “and we have relatives in Liverpool and we’ve been lucky enough to know quite a few Beatles because they grew up with some of my family. So we’re tied to Liverpool you know.”
Liverpool is already American owned. The investment body now known as Fenway Sports Group (FSG) paid just £300m for the Premier League giants back in 2010, after the Merseyside club were on the brink of financial collapse under the disastrous regime of Tom Hicks and George Gillett.
FSG has seen Liverpool rise from mid-table obscurity to regular Premier League and Champions League challengers with a cost-effective approach that uses statistical analysis. Liverpool opened up external investments as early as November 2022, later clarifying that they are interested in selling a minority stake and not in sanctioning a full sale.
Manchester United – the only English club with more Premier League titles than Liverpool – sold a 27.7% stake in the club to Sir Jim Ratcliffe in December 2024, worth around £1.2bn. At that rate, a full sale to Liverpool would be worth between £5-6bn – representing less than 2% of Musk’s net worth.
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