Errol, father of Elon Musk, recently shared in an interview his son’s desire to buy the British team Liverpool.
The entrepreneur, who is the richest man in the world, is already the CEO of several giant companies, such as Tesla, SpaceX, and X, formerly Twitter.
But now, it seems Musk wants to add a football team to his résumé, as Errol revealed during an interview with British journalist Kait Borsay on Times Radio last Tuesday afternoon (7).
Initially, the conversation was meant to discuss Musk’s relationship with the far-right politician Nigel Farage, but she took the opportunity to ask Errol about the rumor that he was planning to buy Liverpool.
The rumor started after a sensationalist report from Weekend Sport published last Saturday (4), which claimed that Musk might be interested in making an acquisition bid for the Premier League giants.
“I can’t comment on that, they’ll raise the price,” joked Errol, before admitting: “Ah, yes, [he expressed a wish], but that doesn’t mean he’s buying it. He would obviously like to. Anyone would – I would too.”
Although he was born in South Africa, Musk has strong ties to the United Kingdom. “His grandmother was born in Liverpool, we have relatives in Liverpool, and we were fortunate to meet some of the Beatles because they grew up with some [members] of my family. So, we are connected to Liverpool, you know?” Errol added.
The team was valued at $5.37 billion in May 2024, according to Forbes, which represents only 1.26 percent of Musk’s net worth of $424.9 billion. However, the owners of Liverpool, the FSG group (Fenway Sports Group), have not given any indication that they plan to sell the Premier League team.
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