Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Tuesday he was buying football club Manchester United Plc.
“I’m buying Manchester United your welcome,” Musk said in a tweet.
Musk has a history of making irreverent tweets, and it was not immediately clear whether he planned to pursue a deal, Reuters reported.
Manchester United, controlled by the American Glazer family, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The football club had a market capitalisation of US$2.08 billion (RM9.29 billion), as of Tuesday’s close.
Manchester United fans have in recent years protested against the Glazers, who bought the club for 790 million pounds (US$955.51 million or RM4.265 billion) in 2005, due to the team’s struggles on the pitch.
