Elon Musk

Billionaire business mogul, Elon Musk has said that he was only joking when he tweeted his intention to buy Premier League giants, Manchester United.

They were my fav team as a kid,” the billionaire added. He further explained that if he was to buy any club at all it would be the Manchester outfit because, according to him, it was his childhood favourite. Musk, who, while in the midst of a political ideology discussion on Twitter, announced his intention to buy the struggling club, said he was not ready to acquire any sports team now.

It seems the pain isnt going away any time soon dear Manchester United fans, the Glazers are here to stay. Elon Musk says its just banter. | Pulse Nigeria.

They were my favourite team as a kid," he added. In a follow-up tweet, however, he reveals that if he's to buy a sports team it would be the Red Devils as he's been a fan from childhood. Reacting to a tweet that asked him if he wants to buy Manchester United, the 51-year-old richest man in the world said;

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has confirmed he will not buy Manchester United after earlier claiming he is purchasing the team.

[August 17, 2022]

The world's richest man Elon Musk has made a joke out of the current situation of English Premier League side Manchester United, saying he will buy the club.

This isn’t the first time the owner of Tesla, inc is making jokes about buying something that he doesn’t want to invest in. The tweet got a lot of United fans happy for the first hours of his “joke” as they are tired of the current owners, The Glazers family. He also said he is not buying Coca-Cola to put cocaine back in it, despite all the popularity of the move.

Shares of the English soccer club Manchester United Plc briefly rose by as much as 17% in premarket trading on Wednesday.

Twitter is taking the billionaire to court over the dispute. Manchester United fans reacted surprised, yet hopeful, as many have criticized the current owners of the club, the American Glazer family. Manchester United shares, which are traded under the abbreviation MANU on the New York Stock Exchange, were up 3.68% in premarket trading as of 4:30 a.m. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519480761749016577?lang=en) that he would purchase Coca-Cola "to put the cocaine back in," a tweet he referred back to on Wednesday after clarifying that he would not buy Manchester United. They were my fav team as a kid." [Manchester United](//www.cnbc.com/quotes/MANU) briefly rose by as much as 17% in premarket trading Wednesday, after [Tesla](//www.cnbc.com/quotes/TSLA) CEO Elon Musk jokingly tweeted that he would buy the club.

Former CNN host, Piers Morgan, has urged Elon Musk to buy Arsenal instead of Manchester United. This follows Musk's joke about taking over the Old.

Former CNN host, Piers Morgan, has urged Elon Musk to buy Arsenal instead of Manchester United. However, Morgan, who is an Arsenal fan responded to Musk’s initial claim by asking the SpaceX man to come in for the Gunners, currently owned by Stan Kroenke. EPL: Elon Musk told to buy Arsenal instead of Man Utd

The richest man on earth has once again created chaos and commotion on the internet with his tweets.

his $44 billion acquisition of the social platform. The nine-word tweet sent Tesla stock surging at the time, but the SEC then accused him of misleading investors. [terminate](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/tech/twitter-elon-musk-trial-date/index.html) However, Musk's tweets about Tesla have landed him in hot water, multiple times, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The stock was still up about 3% in early trading Wednesday though. "No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter.

It was deemed extinct until a tweet from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on August 17 revived it from oblivion. The Tesla CEO tweeted that he would buy the ...

The prospects of getting free MUFC tokens helped its price rally to as high as $1 back then. To emphasize to the cryptocurrency community, while there are many legitimate fan tokens in circulation, related to other clubs, the Manchester United Fan Token (MUFC) is a fake coin and has nothing to do with the sports franchise. Although we are seeing a rally in Memecoins like Dogecoin, which has been leading on the crypto gainers chart, as new U.S.

Even though Manchester United is currently not for sale, countless fans had an overwhelming reaction to Elon Musk saying he was buying the club from the ...

Sadly for Manchester United fans, they have become the butt of all the soccer-related jokes on Twitter. [Manchester United](https://www.marca.com/en/football/manchester-united.html) but the entire Premier League as well. They are doing so bad right now, that even Elon Musk go tin on the fun. At least his tweet made the news as always and Manchester United fans were trolled one more time. But Musk is the wealthiest human alive right now, he does have the means to not only buy A response that will breaks the hearts of many fans who actually believed his quip.

The owners of Manchester United, Glazer family, are set to sell part of their stake to reduce their control over the English Premier League club after |

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Elon Musk attended a fireside Q&A with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy at an annual GOP retreat in Wyoming.

The outlet spoke to attendees who were present at Musk and McCarthy's fireside chat. [cast his vote for a Republican candidate for the first time](https://www.businessinsider.com/musk-says-voted-gop-first-time-predicts-midterm-red-wave-2022-6?r=US&IR=T) by voting for Mayra Flores in a special election in Texas' 34th Congressional District. [plans to vote Republican in the upcoming election cycle](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-will-vote-republican-next-us-presidential-election-2022-5?r=US&IR=T). [tweet](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559690651687608321) on Tuesday he supports the "left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party." Elizabeth Warren](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-pay-more-taxes-than-any-american-ever-2021-12?r=US&IR=T), who accused Musk of "freeloading off everyone else." [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/18/elon-musk-republican-retreat-kevin-mccarthy) reported Musk was interviewed by McCarthy at a fireside Q&A chat at his annual donor retreat in Wyoming.

Elon Musk reportedly had some advice for Republican lawmakers during an ultra-exclusive GOP donors retreat this week: be more compassionate, and stay out of ...

“But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.” Musk delivered the message Tuesday during a question-and-answer session at an annual private gathering hosted by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in Jackson, Wyoming. Musk has regularly clashed with prominent liberals, such as Sens.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk built on his recent shift to the Republican Party by speaking Tuesday at a GOP retreat hosted by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, ...

A month prior, he said he had voted Democrat because they were “(mostly) the kindness party”—but that would change. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1536973965394157569) that he had voted for a Republican for the first time, speaking specifically about Rep. Musk Many tech leaders in Silicon Valley, where foreign-born startup founders and programmers are common, also criticized Trump’s effort. He also applauded free markets and claimed that socialism was dangerous, which seemed to sit well with fellow guests, Axios reported. As featured speaker, Musk, the world’s richest man, shared his thoughts about both parties.

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk stands as his brother Kimbal Musk, right. Alex Brandon/AP/Shutterstock. Impact.

(McCarthy [declined](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-spoke-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthys-wyoming-retreat-same-day-liz-cheney-lost-primary.amp) to confirm whether Musk would be in attendance at his event.) If you didn’t know any better, you might assume that Musk doesn’t actually support moderates and just says he does to cover his ass as he buddies up to far-right candidates who are actively seeking to undermine democracy. [Liz Cheney](https://www.mic.com/impact/liz-cheney-loses-primary), who is basically the definition of the “left half of the Republican Party” at this point, was facing a primary against Trump-backed political newcomer Harriet Hageman. Hageman isn’t exactly the type of moderate that Musk purports to support. Or maybe he’s trying to push McCarthy to the center.” Here’s a quick cheat sheet for understanding how Elon Musk uses Twitter: If he makes an assertion about himself, it likely means that he’s about to do something that completely contradicts it and is trying to create plausible deniability.

Elon Musk was the guest of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy at a GOP donor event this week in Wyoming, where he said that Republicans need to show ...

[He](/topics/elon-musk/) said [he](/topics/elon-musk/) voted for Republican Rep. [Musk](/topics/elon-musk/) said at a Miami tech conference in May. Many conservatives see [his](/topics/elon-musk/) potential purchase of Twitter as an excellent opportunity to expose and destroy left-wing bias in the social media giant’s leadership. [Musk](/topics/elon-musk/)‘s participation at the conservative event is the latest in the billionaire’s adventures into politics. [he](/topics/elon-musk/) tweeted. [Musk](/topics/elon-musk/) tweeted, before the event on Tuesday, that [he](/topics/elon-musk/) still considered himself a political moderate.

Prolific tweeter Elon Musk said he is buying English football club Manchester United Plc. in a thread joking about his political allegiances.

When a [Tesla Inc.](/quote/TSLA:US) fan account asked whether Musk was serious, he replied no, he isn’t buying any sports teams. [world’s richest person](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/) sent his [initial missive](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559691922725281800) about the storied club in a reply to an earlier post about his political allegiances. [Manchester United Plc](/quote/MANU:US), letting 4 1/2 hours go by before clarifying he was kidding about purchasing the English football club listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Attempting to walk away from his deal to acquire Twitter Inc , Musk is seeking documents from advertising technology firms as part of his quest to gain more ...

IAS and DoubleVerify, which are both based in New York, use technology to independently verify that digital ads are viewed by real people. Twitter has sued the Tesla chief executive, who has accused Twitter of hiding information about how it calculates the percentage of bots on the service, for attempting to walk away from the $44 billion agreement. A trial is scheduled for Oct. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com