Elon Musk’s interest in buying Liverpool Football club ‘confirmed

World’s richest man Elon Musk’s reported interest in buying a Premier League club has seemingly been confirmed by his father, Errol.

According to Forbes, Musk is currently the richest person in the world, and his net worth is currently estimated at $425.2bn (£339.3bn).

The South Africa-born billionaire has amassed his astonishing wealth through various business ventures and is the current CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, as well as the owner of social media platform X (formerly Twitter).

On Saturday, a sensational report was published in the Weekend Sport which claimed that Musk was potentially interested in submitting a takeover bid for Premier League giants Liverpool.

Liverpool players celebrate (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Musk has strong links to Merseyside through his paternal grandmother, who was born and brought up in Liverpool.

Their son and Musk’s father, Errol, has now spoken on the tech billionaire’s reported interest in buying Liverpool and has seemingly given it more weight.

“Does your son want to buy Liverpool Football Club?” Musk Snr was asked on Times Radio.

“I can’t comment on that, they’ll raise the price,” he chuckled in reply, before adding: “Oh yes, [he has expressed a desire], but that doesn’t mean he’s buying it.”

When quizzed further if buying the club was ‘in his son’s sights’, Musk added: “He would like to yes, obviously. Anybody would want to – so would I.

“His grandmother was born in Liverpool, and we have relatives in Liverpool, and we were fortunate to know quite a few of the Beatles because they grew up with some of my family.

“So, we are attached to Liverpool you know.”

Liverpool are currently valued at around £4.2bn by Forbes although it is not clear if current owners Fenway Sports Group would consider selling the club for this price.