Elon Musk “Joke” Post About Buying Manchester United Briefly Stirs Hope

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As part of a seemingly off-the-cuff tweet thread Tuesday night, Tesla founder and erstwhile Twitter suitor Elon Musk set off alarm bells in the footie world, saying, “I’m buying Manchester United.”While the beleaguered club sits at the bottom of the Premier League table following a humiliating 4-0 loss at Brentford on Saturday, and as fans would like to see current owners, the Florida-based Glazer family, exit the stadium, there was mixed immediate response.

But Musk quickly clarified that he was kidding. “This is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams,” he wrote.Still, he added, “If it were any team, it would be Man U.

They were my fav team as a kid.”Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter.

I’m not buying any sports teams.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U. They were my fav team as a kid.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022The Man U official news and fan community tweeted back, “This is a legally binding intent to purchase, it’s a new law in the inflation reduction act.”Elon this is a legally binding intent to purchase, it’s a new law in the inflation reduction act.— UnitedMuppetiers (@Muppetiers) August 17, 2022Per The Guardian, buying United, one of the biggest football clubs in the world, would have cost Musk at least £2B ($2.4B), according to its current stock market valuation.Musk has been in the headlines recently after offering to buy Twitter in April for $44B.