There are rumors that the merseyside club, Liverpool fc may soon have a new owner, what makes it more interesting is that the world richest man Elon musk is the so interested candidate, though nothing has been confirmed yet as no obvious move to purchase the club has been made, and the club's current owners fenway sports group has no inclination to sell at this moment but a bid from elon musk might be able to convince them otherwise.
The tip of elon musk wanting to buy Liverpool fc came from the billionaire's father Errol, if elon musk should acquire the football club, that will make the club one of the richest club in the world, and that will definitely open door to many big signings without fearing the price.
The rumors of elon musk buying Liverpool fc is just a rumor nothing more because FSG as it seems are not looking to sell anytime soon, the president of FSG said, not too long ago that thier commitment to the football club remains as strong as ever, and a spokesperson of FSG told the associated press on Wednesday that there is no truth to these rumors,
Though the rumors are not entirely lies either because in September 2023 FSG accepted outside investment from U.S. private equity firm dynasty, which acquired a minority stake in Liverpool, the deal with dynasty saved them from thier nearly year-long search for additional shareholders
Elon musk has had his eyes on liverpool maybe because of the history they share, his grandmother was born in Liverpool and they still have family in liverpool plus his father is open to the idea of the football club purchase, but nothing significant has been confirmed yet by the billionaire himself.
The real question now is if elon musk was to purchase Liverpool, how do you think the football club would fair,
According to Forbes, Elon musk is currently worth more than $415 billion dollars which will likely make him wealthy enough to become the majority owner if he is willing to make a big size investment.
Liverpool are currently worth $5.37 billion dollars per forbes, making them the 4th most valuable soccer club in the world and the 27th most valuable sports team.