Topics: Liverpool, Premier League, Champions League, Football Manager
SPORTbible have simulated what Liverpool's future spending could look like if Elon Musk became the club's future owner.
Last wekk, club sources telling The Times last week that they had no plans to hold any talks with the 53-year-old multi-billionaire over a takeover after it emerged he was 'interested'.
Musk's father, Errol, had earlier told Times Radio that his son was interested in buying the Reds from its current owners, Fenway Sports Group, due to his family connections in the city. In response, Liverpool insiders said the club were not taking the interview 'terribly seriously'.
The idea of Musk as Liverpool owner in any circumstance is without question a controversial topic among Reds fans, though one thing that is certain is his significant wealth.
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The South Africa-born businessman is the world's richest man, with Forbes estimating his current net worth at nearly $425 billion.
Using Football Manager 2024, we placed Musk in the hotseat at Liverpool - and here's what the game came up with.
After Musk's in-game takeover is completed in January 2025, Liverpool go on to win the Carabao Cup and finish as runners-up in the Champions League at the end of that season.
They win the Premier League title in 2025/26, scooping a treble as they also lift the Champions League for a seventh time and the Carabao Cup once again.
More success follows in 2027/28 as Liverpool win the Premier League for a third time.
In terms of player exits, the Reds managed to renew the contracts of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk, but Mohamed Salah left the club on a free transfer and moved to the Saudi Pro League.
Arne Slot, meanwhile, lasted four-and-a-half years in the hotseat before being sacked in the summer of 2029 and replaced by Zinedine Zidane, which is where our simulation ends.
But how did the club get on in the transfer market?
Musk showed early intent as Liverpool manager by bringing in Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Exequiel Palacios for £60 million in January 2025.
In the summer, he smashed the Reds' incoming transfer record by signing Bayern Munich star Jamal Musiala for a fee of £137 million. The arrivals of John Stones from Manchester City and FC Porto's Joao Mario took spending above £200 million.
Those big fees were in part paid for by significant outgoings, as Liverpool managed to rake in £60 million by selling Andy Robertson to Al Hilal.
Musk went big again in January 2026 - a developing theme - by signing Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for £91 million.
Four new arrivals moved to Anfield in the summer of 2026, with each costing over £55 million. Fikayo Tomori (£56m), Josip Sutalo (£62m) and Alex Grimaldo (£60m) helped to reshape a defence that lost Virgil van Dijk to Al Nassr.
Benjamin Sesko also arrives from RB Leipzig for £87 million as Arne Slot finally receives a new number nine.
The January 2027 window sees no spending for the first time since Musk arrived, while summer 2027 sees only one addition in PSV forward Malik Tillman (£70m).
Cody Gakpo and Diogo Jota both join PSG in a double deal worth £119 million, and Liverpool don't spend again in January either but do win that season's Premier League title.
The summer of 2028, meanwhile, is absolute chaos.
Musk splashes out a staggering £378 million on six different players, with Milan's Rafael Leao (£89m) the most expensive signing of the window.
Atalanta's Giorgio Scalvini arrives for £80 million, while the Reds pay out £65 million to sign Rodrigo Bentancur from Tottenham.
They also sign midfielder Daniel Daga from Norwegian side Molde - who is currently just 17 in real life - and Swedish left-back Samuel Dahl from Roma. The pair arrive for a combined fee of £115 million.
Liverpool also do yet another deal with the Saudi Pro League by selling Palacios to Al Nassr for £68 million, while Marseille pay just £18 million to sign Harvey Elliott.
