Elon Musk’s tweet about taking over Man United turned out to be just a joke. What other billionaires can buy the club?
Rash Manchester United fans were lulled to think that all of their Christmases had arrived at once this week when Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, said he would buy sick people Premier League club.
Tesla and SpaceX CEOs, net worth reported by Forbes is $270 billionannounced on social media that he was planning to buy the club from the Glazer family.
That pledge will become music to the ears of die-hard United fans, who are planning another protest against the club’s owners ahead of Thursday’s home clash. Two to Liverpoolwho won 5-0 at Old Trafford and beat them 4-0 at Anfield last season.
Given the fact that United have started the season under new coach Erik ten Hag with lost 2-1 in Brighton & Hove Albion and then followed by Saturday humiliating defeat 4-0 in BrentfordThe arrival of Jurgen Klopp’s side (who also failed to win two games this season) is not something many United supporters enjoy.
Musk posted the news on Twitter, the social platform his effort led to a protracted legal battleat the end of Tuesday when he posted a message claims he is preparing a bid to take over at Old Trafford.
Also, I’m buying Manchester United, welcome
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Unfortunately for United supporters, the 51-year-old later had to explain to his 103.4 million followers that he’s just jokingthat’s never a good indication of how well your comedy material has approached.
It turns out that the prospect of Musk taking over various sports businesses is a recurring theme in his social media laughs every minute.
No, this is an age-old joke on Twitter. I don’t buy any sports teams.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Standing up is the hustle beside me
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
However, even after dismissing the prospect of coming to save United, Musk left open the possibility that he could make a bid for the Old Trafford boardroom one day. revealed his childhood fandom in the club.
Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U. They were my favorite team as a kid.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Unsurprisingly, Musk’s tweet sparked a wave of reactions from United fans, many of whom seemed perfectly happy with the takeover that will continue as long as it ends the Glazer era of being lost. much criticism. One even suggested that Musk rechristen Old Trafford with a unique name was the son he had with his ex-partner, Grimes.
And at this point, I don’t care if you rename Old Trafford to “X Æ A-12 Musk Stadium”
Just buy the club.
– (@TheFergusonWay) August 17, 2022
Some not confident that a billionaire-led revolution will be enough to save United from themselves after a bad start to the season.
Honestly, even Elon Musk can’t save Man United at this point… https://t.co/q5FawJDeaT
– Jake Barford (@ BFordLancer48) August 17, 2022
As usual, poor old Harry Maguire also managed to accidentally get caught up in the bullets, with a cheeky fan begging Musk to recruit a central defender for my next space exploration project.
Let’s send maguire to Mars
– ‘(@bu2iu) August 17, 2022
It would cost Musk around $2.4 billion to buy Manchester United which, at their current stock market valuation, is less than 1% of his current net worth. However, he could make history by becoming the first person to buy a soccer team with dogecoin, his cryptocurrency of choice.
“I mainly support [dogecoin]honestly, because I think doge has memes and dogs and it seems funny and doesn’t take itself too seriously,” he said last week.
Use meme currency to buy a football club meme? How good.
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Of course, Musk isn’t the only one with the financial clout to buy Manchester United, with several of his contemporaries at the higher end of the Forbes rich list possessing the means to bid. their own if their mood.
Bernard Arnault (net worth $173.9 billion, according to Forbes)
French billionaire Arnault is the co-founder and chairman of Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury goods group. It would be worthwhile just to see what the Louis Vuitton-designed home, travel and third-party wardrobe would look like.
Jeff Bezos ($169.2 billion)
Bezos has turned the once humble online bookstore Amazon into a ubiquitous global marketplace known for its close scrutiny of employee productivity. Manchester United as a team stretched only 95.6 km of the ground in a disastrous 4-0 loss to Brentford while the Bees covered 109.4 km. Just say.
Bill Gates ($114.8 billion)
The Microsoft founder is known for his philanthropy and could perhaps be persuaded to buy United as a charitable enterprise, gradually nursing the ailing club back to health. After all, the Gates Foundation, which he runs with his ex-wife Melinda, is committed to “addressing the biggest inequities in our world” and many United fans will feel that Friday’s finish was bad in the Premier League. League last season was one of them.
Larry Page ($103.5 billion) and Sergey Brin ($100.4 billion)
With the leadership of the billionaire co-founder of Google, former United director Ed Woodward’s quest to turn the Reds into the biggest football club on the Internet is sure to be forever cemented.
Mark Zuckerberg ($64.4 billion)
No Premier League titles since 2013 and no silver medals described since 2017, perhaps raising digital trophies on the Metaverse pitch is the best United can hope for. these days?
