Elon Musk

Musk, who has a history of irreverent tweets, had expressed interest in purchasing the storied but troubled soccer club that Forbes values at $4.6 billion.

United is also the only Premier League club to pay dividends to its shareholders — chiefly the Glazers — and as of this spring, it was more than $716 million in debt, financial filings show. By 2018, the takeover had drained the club of more than about $1.2 billion in interest, costs, fees and dividends, [the Guardian reported](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/02/timeline-glazers-and-their-turbulent-reign-at-manchester-united). A fan group is set to stage another demonstration against the owners when Liverpool visits for a league game Monday. Its storied stadium, Old Trafford, is in [dire need of refurbishment](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/11/old-trafford-symbol-manchester-united-faded-grandeur-tired-worn-tottenham-stadium). [Wayne Rooney](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/29/wayne-rooney-dc-united-coaching-debut/?itid=lk_inline_manual_12), who have also played in Major League Soccer. In 2018, he tweeted that he had “Funding secured” to take Tesla private at $420 a share — a claim later found to be untrue, but only after it had caused the stock price to jump.

Elon Musk, the world's richest person, on Tuesday tweeted that he was buying football club Manchester United Plc , without offering any details.

In 2018, he tweeted there was "funding secured" for a $72 billion deal to take Tesla private, but did not make an offer. the entire fan base is sick and tired of the Glazers." One is a tunnel maker called the Boring Company. Also, I'm buying Manchester United ur (sic) welcome - Elon Musk," the 51-year-old tweeted to his 103 million followers. listed shares ahead of the New York market open. Even so, Musk's musings ignited trading in the company's U.S. United won the last of their record 20 English league titles back in 2013. "They were my fav (sic) team as a kid." The Kolkata fans club added: "It again reinstated the fact that Elon and his tweets are just gimmicks. [(MANU.N)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/MANU.N) shares and fans on Wednesday by tweeting he was buying the English soccer club - only to say a little later it was all part of "a long-running joke". "To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party! Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com

Billionaire may well not be serious in his claim but some fans welcomed the offer, given the club's current woes.

[before the deal collapsed in July](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/30/elon-musk-countersues-twitter-44bn), and has also boasted about [colonising Mars and boosting birthrates on Earth](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jul/10/elon-musk-stays-quiet-on-twitter-deal). They were my fav team as a kid”. [humiliating 4-0 away defeat to Brentford](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/aug/13/brentford-manchester-united-premier-league-match-report), the outspoken entrepreneur’s [tweet](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559691922725281800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) offered hope – however –briefly – to fans [who want to see the back of current owners, the Florida-based Glazer family](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/aug/16/a-fish-rots-from-the-head-united-fans-plan-protests-before-liverpool-game). [falling foul of market regulators](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwi6mv_248z5AhWJ-yoKHdSlDbcQFnoECAcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftechnology%2F2021%2Fjun%2F02%2Felon-musk-tweets-tesla-sec-settlement&usg=AOvVaw05p5QKvsmBih4R2p2eDvM5). With the team rooted to the bottom of the league after a [Manchester United](https://www.theguardian.com/football/manchester-united) by claiming on Twitter that he is buying the struggling Premier League club – before saying that the post was part of a “long-running joke”.

Elon Musk, the world's richest person, has said he was joking when he tweeted that he was going to buy currently struggling English football club Manchester ...

In 2018, he tweeted that there was "funding secured" for a $72 billion deal to take Tesla private, but did not move ahead with an offer. Some Manchester United fans, disgruntled by their club's declining fortunes of late, had previously urged Musk on Twitter to consider buying the club. "No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter.

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.

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.

The billionaire tech entrepreneur flagged a potential purchase in a short tweet on Tuesday but later said it was a 'long-running Twitter joke'.

In his reply to a comment he wrote: “No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. Musk, 51, tweeted to his 103 million followers: “To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!” and in a follow-up tweet posted: “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.” The billionaire tech entrepreneur flagged the purchase of the football club in a short tweet on Tuesday but later replied to a comment asking if he was serious about the move saying that it was a “long-running Twitter joke” and not true.

On Tuesday night, Elon Musk took to Twitter to share that he was "buying Manchester United." The Tesla CEO later clarified he was joking.

A trial is expected [in October](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/29/elon-musk-twitter-trial-date/). The biggest club in England is also still reeling from its most recent [4-0 loss at Brentford](https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2022/08/15/ten-hag-discovering-the-mess-he-has-inherited-at-man-united/50601319/) on Saturday. [sued Musk](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2022/07/12/twitter-sues-elon-musk-terminate-deal/10043111002/). Aside from joking about buying a Premier League club, Musk is staring down a court battle with Twitter. "Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U. But the possibility of Musk becoming United's next owner was short-lived.

Shares of English soccer club Manchester United were recently up more than 2% after Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday evening that he was ...

"I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome," he first tweeted. I'm not buying any sports teams." trading hours, the first around 8 p.m.

Elon Musk was only joking when he said that he wanted to buy Manchester United. This is why so many United fans jumped on board so quickly.

"This is not about the money that has been spent or not spent. "A fish rots from the head. The move was a success. They also haven't won a Champions League title since 2007-08. In 1995, Glazer Sr looked at his ever-growing portfolio of big companies and said to himself, "Ya know what I don't have? "If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential buyer," a spokesman told The Times. To make matters worse, in 2021, the family backed a move to join the The club was in debt for the first time since 1931, concerns were raised about where the money from a share float was going to go. A key player since the inception of the Premier League in the 1992-93 season, Manchester United won six of the first eight Premier League titles, and finished second in the other two seasons. Manchester United won five titles in the near-immediate aftermath of that heavily leveraged takeover — including three seasons in a row from 2006 to 2009. A major sports team", and thus pulled out his wallet and dropped a then-record $US192m on the counter to buy the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL. Manchester United are the most successful club in English football in terms of league titles won, with 20 top-flight titles to their name.

It turns out Elon Musk won't actually be rescuing the suffering fans, and investors, of Manchester United. Michael Saylor still wants him to do something ...

Tesla sold 75% of its bitcoin holdings in the quarter, raising $936 million, but also recording a loss of $170 million on the remaining stake. Tesla put about $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin into its corporate reserves, to the delight of “bitcoin maxis” (i.e., true believers) like Mr. MicroStrategy has bought about 130,000 bitcoins over the past two years, turning the business-software company into more or less a bitcoin investment fund.\n\nMr.

In a lot of ways, it looks like the stupidest times of 2021, when memestocks, crypto, and anything associated with Elon Musk were all ripping higher because ...

[ $MANU](https://twitter.com/search?q=%24MANU&src=cashtag_click). A few days before, a notice came across his Bloomberg terminal that a broker was selling a block of about 30,000 options betting that the soccer team’s shares would become more valuable during the next month, and he took it, he said. But one person who did appear to make money is Gurgavin Chandhoke, a Toronto trader who posted that he had bought a huge block of call options on the soccer club’s stock just five days before. Still, Cox said, the rush to buy, buy, buy and send stocks and crypto to the moon may be a bit premature. Another meme coin, Shiba Inu coin, has more than [doubled](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/shiba-inu/). “There was a lot of pessimism and even a little bit of good news seems to throw a big spark into these markets,” Cox said. strategist at eToro (and a former deskmate of mine at Bloomberg News), who told me that recent reports showing slowing inflation and strong hiring have led to an overall sense that the worst for the economy may be over. But that hasn’t stopped the day traders at the sub-Reddit r/wallstreetbets from In fact, with light trading during the dog days of summer, it’s a wonder more stocks haven’t rocketed moonward. In a lot of ways, it looks like the stupidest times of 2021, when memestocks, crypto, and anything associated with Elon Musk were all ripping higher because YOLO lol wtf why not, optimism buoyed by stimulus checks, a roaring economy, and the naïve sense that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was just around the corner. (This is practically at the high reached during the peak of the stonk frenzy in early 2021.) Gamestop, too, rose nearly 50 percent from late July to its peak this month, also just because. This month has so far been a bright spot during a truly terrible year for most investors trying to navigate an

Elon Musk told GOP congressional leaders and big-dollar donors on Tuesday that Republicans need to present a more compassionate front to voters and appeal ...

[warned of consequences](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/16/china-ambassador-warns-taiwan-response-us) for the U.S. [Prosecutor seeks Mark Meadows testimony in Georgia election probe](/2022/08/26/prosecutor-seeks-mark-meadows-testimony-georgia-election-probe) [Biden slams MAGA Republicans for "semi-fascism"](/2022/08/26/biden-maga-republicans-semi-fascism-maryland-rally) [hinted he likes](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1536977864561766402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1536977864561766402%7Ctwgr%5E5e3d58f548de2eb74c87cb9a3d51cb5ce88069cd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2022-06-15%2Fmusk-says-he-s-leaning-desantis-in-2024-and-weighing-superpac) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for president in 2024 and [voted Republican](https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-says-he-voted-for-a-republican-for-the-first-time-11655313475) for the first time in his life when he pulled the lever for Rep. [Sidney Powell](https://www.axios.com/2021/08/25/judge-sanction-trump-campaign-lawyers-powell) and retired Army colonel [James Phil Waldron](https://www.axios.com/2021/12/16/capitol-riots-trump-subpoena-committee). Immigrants, he said, are vital to maintaining a dynamic economy. [midterm elections](https://www.axios.com/midterms-elections-2022-issues-americans-care). - Across the state, primary voters were rejecting Rep. [Taiwan's President](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/taiwan-invasion-price-warn) Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei on Friday. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559690651687608321?s=20&t=bDEA9YbY8ze-h9apMqV8Yw): "To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!" [overwhelmingly defeated](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-trump-wyoming-primary-hageman)by her Trump-backed challenger.

After months of right-wing virtue signaling online, the eccentric billionaire now appears to be cozying up with Republicans in real life.

[made significant inroads](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/elon-musk-taking-over-twitter) with conservative lawmakers and media figures in his belief that social media companies censor users, an alleged phenomenon that he promised to resolve at Twitter. But in a Tuesday tweet, the billionaire attempted to [portray](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559692842313949184?s=20&t=QLoRh3gXZJgO_0NakpnQLQ) himself as a “moderate” who is not loyal to either party. “To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!” he [wrote](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559690651687608321). (The CEO [told](https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-paid-250000-to-a-flight-attendant-who-accused-elon-musk-of-sexual-misconduct-2022-5) the outlet that the story was a “politically motivated hit piece.”) [tweeted](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/18/elon-musk-republican-political-attacks) that he voted for Democrats in the past “because they were (mostly) the kindness party. That cryptic warning came just ahead of an Insider [report](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/elon-musk-flight-attendant-sexual-misconduct-allegations) that SpaceX had paid a flight attendant a $250,000 severance agreement in 2018 to settle a sexual-misconduct claim against Musk.