The Tesla and SpaceX owner's father has confirmed that Elon would “love” to buy the Premier League club.
How foolish was I to think that football – with its multitude of state-controlled clubs, an unpredictable leader who says he 'feels like a refugee', lack of investment from women, rampant racism, stadium staff deaths and all the rest – was crazy enough?
It turns out to be very foolish indeed. Because this isn't the end of the road, and I don't even know when we crossed the starting line; I could tell you where we're all going, but AS USA likes to welcome much younger readers.
Back to today's proceedings. Elon Musk, or rather his father, has told a British radio journalist that his son would “obviously” want to buy Liverpool Football Club.
Yes, you read that right: the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and Twitter, the man who wants to send people to Mars, sit in Donald Trump's cabinet in the White House, make hydrogen/electric vehicles and pump out far-right propaganda at the same time , would love nothing more than to see the nineteen-time English champion take a free-kick past Leeds United at Anfield.
Musk 'obviously' wants to buy Liverpool FC
When asked by Kait Borsay of Times Radio, Errol Musk said he could not comment on whether Elon plans to buy the club as “[FSG] will increase the price” in a possible negotiation, while adding that “everyone would want to buy the club”.
This isn't the first time Elon has made headlines for England and the UK as a whole. The owner of Twitter, now renamed X, has spoken out online about the politics of the place he has no involvement in, as well as EU affairs.
He has retweeted anti-BBC propaganda and repeatedly supported the far right, including news channel GB News and the political party Reform UK, a group with a strong anti-immigration perspective, despite their leader's wife and children reportedly having EU passports. He has also criticized the current Labor government and called for the release of Stephen Yaxley, also known as Tommy Robinson, an anti-Islam activist and one of Britain's most prominent far-right activists.
For now, Liverpool fans, Musk is not buying Liverpool. However, the noises he continues to make in Europe and in the United Kingdom are very loud indeed, and it remains to be seen how much of a role he will play in Donald Trump's incoming administration in the White House later this month. And if he does end up buying Liverpool, someone should really tell him what people in the North West of England think about Farage and Mr Robinson.
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