Is Elon Musk buying Manchester United?

Elon Musk shocked the world once again by announcing that he wants to buy the soccer club Manchester United.

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The Tesla CEO made the announcement to his 103 million Twitter followers.

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After creating a spark on social media and news channels, he clarified that it was all just a joke.

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Manchester United is worth $4.6 billion and is controlled by the Glazer family.

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The shares of Manchester United went up right after Musk's tweet and is still up 3%.

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Recently, he was in talks with Twitter to buy it for $44 billion, which is no longer going forward.

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Musk has a current net worth of $263 billion in 2022, making him the richest person in the world.

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What do you think he will (jokingly) plan to buy next?

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