“Hello everyone! I am buying the Manchester United football club” – the American technology billionaire wrote on his personal Twitter page on the morning of August 17.

In just three hours after posting, the CEO of Tesla Group’s statement garnered more than 320,000 “likes,” almost 30,000 shares, and more than 20,000 comments, according to Reuters news agency..

“Buy now, save us from the Glazer family. I think, you will never regret this deal. Help Manchester United regain its glory” – an excited comment later. shared by billionaire Elon Musk .

Thousands of others, meantime, pressed the Tesla CEO to move fast to fund the football team’s purchase.

According to billionaire Elon Musk, he is purchasing Manchester United. Reuters photo

Millionaire Musk is still seen by many as only kidding with Manchester United supporters, though.

“Elon Musk announced he would buy Twitter but withdrew with unconvincing reasons. Manchester United is much cheaper than the $44 billion price to own Twitter. However, Musk is having enough trouble with the court so don’t think that he can buy the club now” – a comment under Elon Musk’s post was skeptical.

Some others believe that Musk may have actually bought Manchester United shares when the price was low. However, after just one tweet, the British football team’s stock price will skyrocket, so this is essentially just another business deal of billionaire Elon Musk.

The billionaire who, Forbes reports, controls assets worth up to 270 billion USD announced his intention to purchase Manchester United when he was embroiled in a lawsuit to revoke the 44 billion USD agreement with Twitter. Fans’ doubts over Elon Musk’s “seriousness” in acquiring the English squad are therefore understandable.

Among the most well-known names in world football is Manchester United. Nevertheless, there is a problem on the pitch for this team, and supporters are furious and want the present owner to step down. Owner is an American.

While supporters of Rugby questioned the benefits of American football, which is just glorified running, more people watch it. Football supporters brought up the fact that Manchester United alone has over 300 million fans worldwide and can fill any stadium to capacity. Later on, though, another user noted that 300 million fans might only be in Asia; the real number is around 1.1 billion.