Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he was joking about his tweet about buying Manchester United, the English Premier League soccer club.Sorry, the video player failed to load.
“No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I will not buy any sports team,” wrote Musk, when asked by a user about the seriousness of buying the club.
Musk has a history of unrelated tweets.
United started the new season disastrously, losing 2-1 at home to Brighton and Hove Albion, before receiving a heavy 4-0 defeat against Brentford.
United is one of the most prominent clubs in the world, winning the English Premier League 20 times in addition to the European Cup/Champions League three times.
The market value of the English club is 2.08 billion pounds.
And recent years have witnessed protests from United fans against the Glazer family, who bought the club in 2005 for 790 million pounds (955.51 million dollars), because of its decline in the league.
The protests against the family gained momentum last year after United’s decision to participate in the European Super League project, which collapsed days after it was announced.
Some fans had asked Musk to buy United instead of Twitter.
Musk is trying to back out of the $44 billion purchase of Twitter, which prompted the company to sue him.
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