Elon Musk sent social media into a frenzy after saying he'd buy Man United
The world's richest man has a history of making irreverent tweets
The 51-year-old was encouraged to buy the Premier League club earlier this year
Musk has now confirmed that his tweet Tuesday was just a 'long-running joke'

Elon Musk has confirmed he will not be purchasing Manchester United after sending social media into a frenzy Tuesday night.

The world's richest man sent shockwaves through social media after tweeting 'he's buying Manchester United,' but he has now clarified his surprising comment.

Social media users were left in disbelief at Musk's tweet, with one writing: 'Are you serious?'

Musk eventually replied, saying: 'No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I'm not buying any sports teams.'

The 51-year-old was urged to buy the Premier League club by desperate fans earlier this year.

Musk, who is the owner of Tesla and Space X and has a net worth of around $265billion (£200bn), submitted a bid in the region of $41billion (£31bn) to buy Twitter in April but United fans wanted him to splash his cash on their faltering team.

Musk tweeted on Tuesday evening: 'To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!

The world's richest man tweeted Tuesday in what appeared to be a tongue-in-cheek comment

Musk eventually clarified his comment later on Twitter, confirming he's not purchasing club


Musk has a history of making irreverent tweets and his comment appeared to be tongue-in-cheek with the declaration of intent regarding the ownership of United coming out of the blue today.

At the time of writing Musk's tweet had been retweeted 75,300 times, quote tweeted 39,900 times and was liked more than 425,000 times.

'Next I'm buying Coca-Cola to put the cocaine back in,' he tweeted on April 27, two days after Twitter's board accepted his unsolicited offer to buy the company.

Musk's tweets about potential acquisitions have landed him in hot water with US regulators in the past.

In 2018, he tweeted that there was 'funding secured' for a $72bn deal to take Tesla private, but did not move ahead with an offer. Musk and Tesla each paid $20m civil fines - and Musk stepped down as Tesla's chairman - to resolve US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims that Musk defrauded investors.

Musk's first tweet on Tuesday had given some United fans hope. One supporter said: 'You have absolutely no idea the sheer amount of hope you just have to a million fans worldwide. Please do buy us though.'

United is one of the world's best-known and best-supported soccer clubs. They've been crowned champions of England a record 20 times and have won three European Cups.

The team is controlled by the American Glazer family, who bought the club for $955.51million, but fans have protested against the ownership in recent years with the team falling from grace and struggling massively on the pitch.

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Elon na cruise man and United is worth making a cruise on.

Stupid Man U, stupid Elon Musk.

Who go wan buy glory days gone united?

Dude is the greatest troll of all time.