Billionaire’s claim was welcomed by fans unhappy about the team’s current American owners – but he quickly clarified he wasn’t serious
Musk has a history of making irreverent tweets, and he later clarified the post by saying he was not buying sports teams.August 17, 2022
Buying United, one of the biggest football clubs in the world, would have cost Musk at least £2bn, according to its current stock market valuation. Manchester United’s recent on-pitch woes have led to increased fan protests against the Glazers, who bought the club in a heavily leveraged deal in 2005 for £790m .
The anti-Glazer movement gained momentum last year after United were involved in a failed attempt to form a breakaway European Super League. But a takeover by Musk would have been a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for the club, given the billionaire’s tendency for off-the-cuff remarks and
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