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| Musk tweeted: “I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome” |
Elon Musk unveiled an enigmatic tweet regarding Manchester United, the latest publicly traded company to find itself the subject of a tweet by the enigmatic entrepreneur.
On Tuesday night, Musk appeared to make a joke about his troubled record in trying to buy public companies when he tweeted: "Also, I'm buying Manchester United - ur welcome." following a post about American politics.
An email sent to Tesla's chief executive seeking clarification on the comments made did not receive a response.
On Twitter, some of the billionaire's 103mn followers had been asking him to buy the struggling football club, which is languishing at the bottom of the English Premier League after having suffered its worst start to a season in a century.