January 9 – Elon Musk’s father says his billionaire son has expressed curiosity in shopping for Liverpool, one of many world’s most prestigious footballing manufacturers.
Liverpool is owned by Fenway Sports activities Group, which has not indicated it desires to promote however has accepted exterior funding previously.
Now Errol Musk, in an interview with Instances Radio within the UK, claims the world’s richest man has proven an curiosity within the six-time European champions.
“Oh sure, however that doesn’t imply he’s shopping for it,” Errol Musk mentioned. “He wish to, sure, clearly, anyone would need to. So would I.”
Beneath FSG, Liverpool has re-established itself as one of many main golf equipment in Europe, successful its first English league title in 30 years in 2020 — one season after gaining the Champions League title. The membership is presently main each the Premier League and Champions League standings.
Errol Musk informed Instances Radio the household have kinfolk in Liverpool and that “we have been lucky sufficient to know fairly a couple of of the Beatles as a result of they grew up with a few of my household. So, we’re connected to Liverpool you realize.”
Earlier this week, Elon Musk – key confidant of US president-elect Donald Trump – brought on outrage throughout the British political spectrum and the British public at massive when he used his social community, X, to throw out some extremely incendiary feedback.
Musk referred to as for a brand new UK election, accusing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of being “deeply complicit” in a extremely publicised grooming gangs scandal and happening to assert that Starmer must be in jail.
The tech billionaire declared on-line: “America ought to liberate the individuals of Britain from their tyrannical authorities.”
Musk has centered on a collection of kid abuse instances perpetrated largely by teams with Pakistani backgrounds that rocked northern England and which have been utilized by far-right activists to press for higher immigration legal guidelines.
A seven-year inquiry was held below the earlier Conservative authorities however Musk has accused Starmer of failing to deliver perpetrators to justice when he was England’s director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013.
Starmer, with out mentioning Musk by title, this week condemned “lies and misinformation” that he mentioned are undermining British democracy.
He additionally condemned language utilized by Musk about Jess Phillips, a authorities minister chargeable for combating violence in opposition to girls and ladies. Musk described Phillips as a “rape genocide apologist” and mentioned she additionally deserved to be in jail, feedback Phillips claims have endangered her life.
“When the poison of the far-right results in severe threats to Jess Phillips and others, then in my guide, a line has been crossed,” Starmer declared.
While there isn’t a indication in any respect that Fenway would entertain promoting out to Musk, it’s unlikely that he can be a well-liked proprietor with Liverpool supporters. His right-wing political opinions wouldn’t align with the values of Liverpool as a metropolis and as a membership. Plus he’s reportedly a self-confessed Manchester United fan.
So it doesn’t sound like Musk can be taking the reins at Anfield any time quickly.
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