Elon Musk’s dad explains Liverpool links and Beatles connection as takeover talk grows
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. Musk has his sights set on the Premier League, according to his fatherGetty 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 net 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 waterGetty Their 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 in 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’. But it’s a story that got Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist speaking about it on talkSPORT. McCoist doesn’t believe it, but he joked he would love to see Musk at Rangers. Speaking on talkSPORT Breakfast, he said: “Just for the record I’d take him at Rangers for a season OK? “It is a shambles really, it cannot be a story.” Musk would be the second-richest Premier League owner However, co-host Brazil could see it happening. He said: “But you see what happened at Wrexham and at Birmingham – you just don’t know these days.” And McCoist does believe that Musk’s arrival would resolve Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk‘s contract situations. The trio are all into the last six months of their deals at Anfield, with no new ones in sight. So, a takeover by one of the world’s richest men would certainly solve that problem. McCoist said: “What it might do is it might guarantee Salah, van Dijk, and Trent getting their money right enough and signing new contracts.” During his interview with Times Radio, Errol went on to reveal 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 fatherGetty Musk has been linked with owning a major Premier League 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. Surely a boyhood Man United fan wouldn’t commit the ultimate sin and buy Liverpool?
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 net worth of $439 billion (£350m).
That is enough money to blow Liverpool’s current owners, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), out of the water.
Their 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 in 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’.
But it’s a story that got Alan Brazil and Ally McCoist speaking about it on talkSPORT.
McCoist doesn’t believe it, but he joked he would love to see Musk at Rangers.
Speaking on talkSPORT Breakfast, he said: “Just for the record I’d take him at Rangers for a season OK?
“It is a shambles really, it cannot be a story.”
However, co-host Brazil could see it happening.
He said: “But you see what happened at Wrexham and at Birmingham – you just don’t know these days.”
And McCoist does believe that Musk’s arrival would resolve Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk‘s contract situations.
The trio are all into the last six months of their deals at Anfield, with no new ones in sight.
So, a takeover by one of the world’s richest men would certainly solve that problem.
McCoist said: “What it might do is it might guarantee Salah, van Dijk, and Trent getting their money right enough and signing new contracts.”
During his interview with Times Radio, Errol went on to reveal 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 been linked with owning a major Premier League 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.
Surely a boyhood Man United fan wouldn’t commit the ultimate sin and buy Liverpool?
