ELON MUSK has dropped one other bombshell – claiming he is shopping for Manchester United.
The 51-year-old made the shock announcement on Twitter late on Tuesday evening.
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Manchester United are owned by the Glazer household, who additionally run the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It was unclear whether or not the Tesla CEO was severe about his bid to purchase the Premier League membership.
Man Utd are one of many greatest sports activities groups on the earth however have fallen on exhausting instances lately.
They have not gained the league since 2013 and their followers have protested many instances towards the homeowners.
The membership are nonetheless a industrial powerhouse and valued round £4billion – simply shy of $5billion.
Musk tweeted on Tuesday evening: “Additionally, I’m shopping for Manchester United ur welcome.”
So as to add to the confusion, Musk’s tweet was a direct reply one other of his posts about politics.
The preliminary tweet learn: “To be clear, I assist the left half of the Republican Social gathering and the precise half of the Democratic Social gathering!”
Musk, 51, faces a fiery authorized battle towards Twitter for dramatically pulling out of a $44billion buyout.
It has been a whirlwind few months for Musk and Twitter, because the billionaire determined to tug out of the deal in a dispute over pretend account bots.
The entrepreneur believes there are way more bots on Twitter than officers declare and accuses them of not offering sufficient data to settle his buy.
Sad with the backtracking, bosses have determined to take Musk to court docket.
Attorneys for each side will go head-to-head in Delaware Chancery Court docket beginning on October 17 and persevering with for 5 days.
Twitter’s crew had requested to start the trial as early as September to stop Musk from additional disparaging the corporate.
Musk needed issues to start out in February 2023, claiming a “warp velocity” trial is an try to derail his argument the platform is cluttered with spambots.
