Imagine spending thousands or millions of ringgit and it doesn’t cause a dent in your bank account. That’s the dream but for most people, we can only afford to dream. Imagine being so rich that you can buy a whole company. Take for instance Elon Musk who bought Twitter not too long ago before backing out on the deal.
After his failed deal with Twitter, the entrepreneur is currently stuck in an arduous legal battle with the social media company. While he’s still sorting the Twitter case out, the Tesla CEO earlier tweeted that he’s planning to buy Manchester United football club but is he being serious or joking?
Billionaire Elon Musk has been a very busy man. The 51-year-old previously managed to purchase social media website Twitter for $44 billion (RM191 billion) back in April. Prior to the full purchase, he had actually already bought 9% of the company. Unfortunately, that dream was short-lived after the entrepreneur announced that he was terminating the contract which led to the company suing him.
In the midst of his legal battle with the social media website, Elon tweeted earlier today (Wednesday, 17th August) that got everyone talking. The first tweet was already controversial in itself when he said, “To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!”. He then replied to the tweet by saying that he wants to buy Manchester United.
Netizens, especially football fans, couldn’t tell if he was joking or being serious after what happened with Twitter. However, that didn’t stop anyone from interacting with the tweet with most replying with memes and jokes. Some even argued in the replies.
Four hours after Elon first tweeted that he was buying the football club, he finally confirmed that he was in fact joking by replying to a tweet that asked him if he was being serious. “This is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams,” he tweeted.
He then later mentioned that if he were to actually buy a sports team, it would definitely be Manchester United as he was a big supporter of the football club when he was a kid.
Source: Twitter
