Musk interested in buying Premier League club Liverpool, but move unlikely, says father
US-based Fenway Sports Group, which added the Reds to their sporting portfolio in 2010, has looked for external investment but at no point has a full sale been seriously considered.
LIVERPOOL - Errol Musk, the father of the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, claims his son would be interested in buying Premier League club Liverpool though such a move appears improbable, reported PA Media/dpa news.
US-based Fenway Sports Group, which added the Reds to their sporting portfolio in 2010, has looked for external investment but at no point has a full sale been seriously considered.
Nevertheless, Errol Musk was asked whether his son had his eye on Anfield.
"I can’t comment on that. They’ll raise the price,” Musk senior told the UK's Times Radio on Tuesday.
When pressed on whether Elon would want to buy Liverpool he added: "Oh, yes. But that doesn’t mean he’s buying it.
"He would like to yes, obviously. Anybody would want to - so would I.”
Last May Forbes rated Liverpool the fourth most valuable club, with an estimated value of $5.3 billion.
However, that amounts to just over 1 per cent of Musk’s reported total net worth.
Musk explained that the interest in Liverpool stems partly from a family connection to the city.
"His grandmother was born in Liverpool, and we have relatives in Liverpool, and we were fortunate to know quite a lot of the Beatles because they grew up with some of my family,” he added.
"So, we are attached to Liverpool, you know.”
FSG have regularly come in for criticism from a certain section of the fanbase for their lack of investment in the squad, who currently top the Premier League and Champions League. - BERNAMA-PA MEDIA/dpa
