Elon Musk Manchester United – Musk clarifies ‘buying Manchester United’ was a joke: Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk caught the football world by storm on Tuesday when he claimed that he was buying football club Manchester United Football Club. Musk has a history of making irreverent tweets, and it was only clear later when he tweeted again, stating it was a joke: Follow Football News LIVE Updates and Premier League LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
“I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome,” Musk said in a tweet.
Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Elon Musk Manchester United: After TWITTER, Elon Musk now claims, ‘he is buying Manchester United’: Follow LIVE UPDATES
Manchester United are controlled by the American Glazer family
- Manchester United are owned by the Glazer family, who also run the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- Man Utd are one of the biggest sports teams in the world but have fallen on hard times in recent years.
- They haven’t won the league since 2013 and their fans have protested many times against the owners.
- The club are still a commercial powerhouse and valued around £4billion – just shy of $5billion.
The football club had a market capitalization of $2.08 billion, as of Tuesday’s close. Manchester United fans have in recent years protested against the Glazers, who bought the club for 790 million pounds ($955.51 million) in 2005, due to the team’s struggles on the pitch.
The anti-Glazer movement gained momentum last year after United were involved in a failed attempt to form a breakaway European Super League.
Elon Musk vs Twitter: Court Orders Twitter To Give Elon Musk Former Executive’s Documents
Meanwhile in court battler with Twitter, Elon Musk has got some good news. Twitter Inc needs to give Elon Musk documents from a former Twitter executive who Musk said was a key figure in calculating the amount of fake accounts on the platform, according to a Monday court order.
Bot and spam accounts on Twitter have become a central issue in the legal fight over whether Musk, who is Tesla Inc’s chief executive, must complete his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.
Twitter was ordered to collect, review and produce documents from former General Manager of Consumer Product Kayvon Beykpour, according to the order from Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Twitter and lawyers for Musk, the world’s richest person, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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