First the announcement, then the denial: Elon Musk first gleefully chirped on Twitter that he was about to buy Manchester United , the team of the British city currently owned by the Glazer family of American entrepreneurs, then confirmed it was only one joke .
The announcement came after a series of tweets in which the Tesla boss joked about his political affiliation , so it wasn't clear if this was yet another hoax of the richest man in the world.
"To be clear I support the left of the Republican party and the right of the Democratic party. Also I am buying Manchester United .
Then, after a few hours, the new tweet: " No, it's a joke . I have not planned to buy any sports company", the South African businessman corrected the shot, after his initial tweet had raised almost 500,000 in a few hours " I like it ”on the social.
Neither Tesla nor the management of the English club , controlled by the Glazer family, had responded to this first tweet . “ManU”, which has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange for 10 years, has a market capitalization of 2.08 billion dollars.
(Unioneonline / vl)
