'I'm Buying Manchester United': Elon Musk's Tweet Goes Viral, Calls It Long-Running Joke Later
The Glazer family, the owner of Manchester United, was prepared to sell the club last year but only if they were offered in excess of 4 billion pounds.
Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, made claims of buying the English football club Manchester United in a tweet leaving fans across the world confused. Musk, who has a history of irreverent tweets, wrote on his Twitter handle: "To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party." This was followed by another tweet in the same thread saying, "Also, I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome."
Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Manchester United is owned by the Glazer family. Last year, The Daily Mirror reported that the Glazers were prepared to sell the club only if they were offered in excess of 4 billion pounds.
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Meanwhile, later in reply to a tweet clarified that he is not interested in buying the English football club and the tweet was "a long-running joke."
No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Manchester United remains one of the world's best-supported football clubs. The club has become champions of England a record 20 times and thrice secured the European Cup, the most prestigious club competition in the global game.
The football club had a market capitalisation of $2.08 billion, as of Tuesday's stock market close.
Musk supporters have asked him to buy Manchester United rather than Twitter in the past.
Manchester United Football Club commonly referred to as ManU, or simply United is based in the Old Trafford area of Greater Manchester, England.
It is one of the most widely supported football clubs in the world and has rivalries with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United.
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