Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group reportedly have “no appetite” to sell the club to controversial and divisive billionaire Elon Musk.
It was confirmed that Musk was interested in buying Liverpool during an interview given by his father, Errol, to Times Radio on tuesday
Mr Musk was initially reluctant to comment because they were “going to raise the price”. But it quickly folded when pressed further on the matter, gushing about the family’s history in Liverpool and how they met “a few of the Beatles” personally because their mother was born in the city.
But the likelihood of Elon Musk, who was a ground-floor investor in Tesla, now the chief executive, and who bought Twitter for $44 billion, becoming the owner of Liverpool seems almost non-existent.
In response to the interview on his own radio platform, The Times later reported that FSG is not interested in selling Liverpool, nor has there been any contact between Musk and the group led by John W. Henry on such matters. The red heads also have “no desire” to engage in any discussion and do not take Musk’s father’s comments seriously.
Sky Sports He further backed this up on Wednesday morning, stating that Liverpool is considered “not for sale” and that “there has been no approach” from Musk or anyone else.
Despite the apparent historic family connection to Liverpool, Musk has previously claimed that Manchester United was his “favourite team” growing up, even joking that he was buying the club in 2022.
FSG, whose sports portfolio began with the Boston Red Sox, completed a £300m buyout to buy the club from unpopular former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett in 2010. Over the past 15 years, Liverpool they have returned to the top of English and European football.
The Reds were named from the world fourth most valuable football club for Forbes in 2024, behind only Real Madrid, Manchester United and Barcelona, ​​with an estimated value of £4.3 billion. That amount would be a drop in the ocean for South African-born Musk, whose staggering personal fortune is believed to be around £340bn, although that is far from the mark.
FSG had been looking for outside investment in Liverpool relatively recently, selling a small minority stake to US sports investment firm Dynasty Equity for between £82m and £164m in 2023. That money was mainly used to pay down bank debt and the owners never wanted to give up the majority. control
