Elon Musk, the world’s richest individual, on Tuesday tweeted that he was shopping for soccer membership Manchester United Plc, with out providing any particulars.
Musk has a historical past of being unconventional and making irreverent tweets, and it was not instantly clear whether or not he deliberate to pursue a deal to safe Manchester United.
“I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome,” Musk stated in a tweet. The staff is managed by the American Glazer household. Neither the household nor Musk instantly responded to a request for remark.
British newspaper The Every day Mirror reported final yr that the Glazers had been ready to promote the membership however provided that they had been provided in extra of 4 billion kilos.($4.84 billion)
Musk is presently making an attempt to exit a $44 billion settlement to purchase the social media firm, which has taken him to courtroom.
Manchester United is among the world’s finest supported soccer golf equipment. They’ve been champions of England a document 20 occasions and have gained the European Cup, essentially the most prestigious membership competitors within the international sport, thrice.
Dissatisfaction amongst followers on the Glazers’ perceived lack of ambition to herald prime gamers intensified after the membership completed sixth within the English Premier League final season, whereas crosstown rivals Manchester Metropolis gained a second successive title.
The soccer membership had a market capitalisation of $2.08 billion, as of Tuesday’s inventory market shut.
Manchester United followers have in recent times protested in opposition to the Glazers, who purchased the membership for 790 million kilos ($955.51 million) in 2005, as a result of staff’s struggles on the pitch.
The anti-Glazer motion gained momentum final yr after United had been concerned in a failed try and kind a breakaway European Tremendous League.
Some followers have urged Musk to purchase Manchester United as a substitute of shopping for Twitter.
Musk has a historical past of unconventional actions and feedback, making it tough typically to inform when he’s joking.
His ambitions vary from colonising Mars to creating a brand new sustainable power financial system, and within the course of he has constructed essentially the most precious automobile firm on the planet, electrical car maker Tesla, rocket firm SpaceX, and a slew of smaller corporations. One is a tunnel maker known as the Boring Firm.
Musk has appeared to smoke marijuana in a podcast and fought U.S. regulators over his feedback about his plans for Tesla, together with an deserted effort to take it personal.
Forbes estimates his fortune at $270 billion. ($1=0.8268 kilos)
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