With the specter of Elon Musk suddenly hovering over Merseyside, the question arises: how much would it cost to buy Liverpool?
Reds fans were shocked to hear the billionaire's father suggest on Tuesday afternoon that his son did, in fact, have some kind of interest in buying the club, however minor.
The claim had originally been published by Weekend Sport, known for its salacious and outlandish stories, but Errol Musk's interview with Times Radio added credibility to the idea that the Tesla boss might actually be interested.
Fenway Sports Group bought Liverpool in 2010 for £300m, has no intention of selling the club and has not been approached by the political firebrand.
But Musk is said to be the richest man in the world with a net worth of around £336 billion and money often talks.
The Reds are valued at £4.3bn per Forbes in May 2024, more than 14 times more than FSG bought them in 2010.
Liverpool were valued at £4.3bn in May, but Elon Musk is worth around £336bn.
The possibility of Musk taking control of Liverpool has caused a stir in recent days
His father, Errol Musk, confirmed that the billionaire did have some type of interest in buying them.
It means Musk would have to part with a lot of cash if he wanted to buy them outright; Then again, that figure is only about 1.3 percent of his wealth.
In 2022 he took control of Twitter and renamed it X, for a whopping £35 billion.
“Have you expressed your desire to buy Liverpool Football Club?” Musk's father was asked on Times Radio
'I can't comment on that. They will raise the price,' he said, laughing.
When asked again, Musk admitted that his son had shown interest in buying Liverpool, although he remained coy about it and refused to declare any concrete negotiations.
'Oh yes. But that doesn't mean he believes it,” he replied. 'He would like it, obviously. Anyone would want to do it, me too!
When asked why Musk is specifically interested in Liverpool, his father revealed that his family has generational links to the Merseyside city.
“His grandmother was born in Liverpool and we had relatives in Liverpool, and we were lucky enough to know the Beatles quite a bit because they grew up with some of my family. So we're linked to Liverpool, you know,” he told Times Radio.
Fenway Sports Group paid £300m for Liverpool in 2010 and doesn't want to sell it
Musk previously described his grandmother, who was born in 1923 and died in 2011 aged 87, as “an important part” of his childhood, which included time spent in Merseyside as a child on holiday.
“My Nana was one of those poor working class girls with no one to protect her who could have been kidnapped in modern-day Britain,” he said in X.
'She was very strict, but also kind and I could always count on her. She grew up very poor in England during the Great Depression and was bombed in World War II.
“To earn money for food, I cleaned houses, leaving me with a lasting respect for those who do it.”
The South African-born Tesla mogul once proudly declared that he was “of British/English origin, not Afrikaner.”
When Margaret Thatcher died in 2013, the businessman paid tribute on Twitter (which he now owns and has renamed X) saying the late Prime Minister was “tough but sensible and fair like my English Nana”.
His grandmother, Cora Amelia Robinson, was one of five siblings born in the family's modest terraced house in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, in August 1923.
She grew up in pre-war poverty as part of a “proud, hard-working family” before leaving the United Kingdom to settle in South Africa, where she married Walter Musk in 1944.
The couple had a son, Errol, who had three children: Elon, his brother Kimbal, and his sister Tosca. As well as the North West, Musk also has relatives in other parts of England.
If Musk really wants to buy Liverpool FC, he will make an offer to current owner John Henry, who also owns the MLB team Boston Red Sox and the NHL team Pittsburgh Penguins.