Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, has revealed in an interview that Elon is interested in purchasing Liverpool Football Club. Although he did not go into detail about negotiations, Errol confirmed his son’s interest, citing family ties to Liverpool, as Musk’s grandmother was born there. Elon Musk, a billionaire with significant political ties, donated heavily to Donald Trump’s campaign and has been seen with him at various events. While no official offer has been made to current owner John Henry, Musk’s ties to the city and its culture hint at a deeper motivation behind this potential acquisition.
Elon Musk’s father has confirmed in a bombshell interview that the billionaire is interested in buying Premier League team Liverpool.
Musk, worth an estimated $418 billion, has emerged as Donald Trump’s right-hand man in recent months, donating about $270 million to the Republican Party before winning the election to help Trump return to the White House. It is reported that he did.
The two have been photographed at multiple events since his presidential election win in November, from celebrating at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home base in Florida to attending UFC games and college football games together. Being photographed.
But now it appears Musk may be turning his attention to British sport. Already the owner of Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter), the 53-year-old appears set to expand his business empire with one of the world’s most storied teams.
“Has he expressed a desire to buy Liverpool Football Club?” a reporter asked Errol Musk on London’s Times Radio.
“I can’t comment on that. They will raise prices,” the father of the world’s richest man said with a laugh.
Elon Musk’s father has confirmed the billionaire is keen to buy Liverpool
In recent months, Musk has emerged as one of Donald Trump’s closest allies.
Asked again, Musk admitted that his son was interested in buying Liverpool, but remained silent on the matter and refused to comment on specific negotiations.
“Oh, yeah, but that doesn’t mean he’ll buy it,” he replied. “Of course he wants to do that. Everyone would want to do that, and so would I!
Asked why Mr Musk is particularly interested in Liverpool, his father revealed that his family has intergenerational ties to the Merseyside city.
“His grandmother was born in Liverpool and we had relatives in Liverpool and they grew up with some of my family, so we were lucky that they knew quite a lot about the Beatles. So , we’re attached to Liverpool,” he told Times Radio.
Mr Musk has previously described his grandmother, who was born in 1923 and died in 2011 at the age of 87, as an “important part” of his childhood, including the time he spent on holidays in Merseyside. .
“My Nana was one of those poor working-class girls in today’s Britain who could have been kidnapped, with no one to protect her,” he told X.
“She was very strict but kind and always dependable. She grew up very poor in England during the Great Depression and was bombed in World War II,” he said. spoke.
“She cleaned houses to earn money for food. I had an eternal respect for people who did that.”
Elon Musk (second from left) attends a family wedding in Canada in 2001. British-born Nana Cola (bottom, far right) also attended. She was born in Liverpool in 1923 and died in South Africa in 2011 at the age of 87.
Cora Amelia (Robinson) Musk (left) and Musk’s grandfather, Walter Henry James Musk (right)
The South African-born Tesla tycoon once proudly declared that he was of “British/English background, not Afrikana background”.
When Margaret Thatcher died in 2013, the entrepreneur (who now owns Twitter and rebranded it as It was fair,” he said in his condolences.
His grandmother, Cora Amelia Robinson, was one of five children born in August 1923 in a modest terraced house in Mossley Hill, Liverpool.
She grew up in pre-war poverty as part of a “proud, hard-working family”, then left Britain and settled in South Africa, where she married Walter Musk in 1944.
The couple had a son, Erol, and had three children: Erol, his older brother Kimbal, and his younger sister Tosca. As well as the North West, Mr Musk has relatives in other parts of the UK.
If Musk is serious about buying Liverpool FC, he would make an offer to current owner John Henry, who also owns the MLB team Boston Red Sox and NHL team Pittsburgh Penguins. Dew.
