How Liverpool could line up with Elon Musk as owner
Whether you like it or not — and this writer falls in the latter camp — Elon Musk is inescapable right now.
The world's richest person is persistently unbearable on the social media platform that he has butchered since purchasing in October 2022; some areas of Twitter were a cesspit long before Musk came along, but it no longer has the saving graces that it once did.
Musk has turned his hand to politics of late after investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Donald Trump's successful United States presidential campaign; he is already said to be winding Trump up, and this week dipped his toe into UK politics, calling for Nigel Farage to step down as the leader of the right-wing party, Reform UK.
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He's weighed in on the upcoming federal elections in Germany, too, pledging his support to the far-right political party AfD, stating on X last month: “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
Now, apparently, he has turned his attention to soccer and, more specifically, soccer club ownership. Elon's father, Errol Musk, who genuinely believes the criminal Tommy Robinson could one day become the prime minister of the United Kingdom, was asked by Times Radio about reports his son is interested in buying Liverpool Football Club.
He responded: “I can't comment on that, they'll raise the price! Oh yes, [he has expressed a desire], but that doesn't mean he's buying it. He would like to yes, obviously. Anybody would want to — so would I! His grandmother was born in Liverpool, and we have relatives in Liverpool and we were fortunate to know quite a lot of the Beatles because they grew up with some of my family. So, we are attached to Liverpool you know."
You're wondering where the possible Musk-Liverpool XI is, aren't you? We'll get to that.
Musk knows that, were he to become the owner of Liverpool, his visibility and prominence in the UK would greatly increase, and that would in turn increase his political influence in the country. There have been a number of instances in the Premier League where club takeovers have been fuelled by ulterior motives since the turn of the millennium and Musk's would be another. It cannot come to pass.
Anyway, Alisson remains the world's best goalkeeper, Virgil van Dijk is the best defender, and Mohamed Salah is the best right winger, so they can keep their places for Musk FC.
Frenchman Ibrahima Konate is establishing himself as one of the best defenders in the Premier League too, and might be a future captain having skippered his country earlier this season.
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson are Liverpool's first-choice full-backs right now, but there is a good chance that neither of them will be come August. Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez have both been linked with Liverpool to some degree in recent months, so they can come in.
It would be unfair to say that any of Liverpool's midfielders should be replaced; they've all been excellent this season. Meanwhile, on the left wing, it's a toss-up between Cody Gakpo and Luis Diaz, while Salah will obviously continue to play off the right, and we've heard Musk is a big fan of Viktor Gyokeres.
How Liverpool could line up after Musk takeover: Alisson; Frimpong, Konate, Van Dijk, Kerkez; Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Szoboszlai; Salah, Gakpo, Gyokeres
