Skip to main content

Elon Musk tweeted about buying Manchester United, believe it or not

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday announced on Twitter that he is buying British football club Manchester United.

Musk, however, did not disclose the sum he is paying for acquiring the legendary football team.

The club has a latest market cap of nearly $2.08 billion.

"I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome," Musk posted in a tweet.

However, it was not immediately clear if Musk was just having fun or was serious about the acquisition.

The American Glazer family owns the club, who purchased it for around 790 million pounds in 2005.

The announcement came as he was engaged in a political tweet thread.

"To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!" he posted, before the US midterm elections in November.

Musk supporters have asked him to buy Manchester United rather than Twitter in the past.

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United, or simply United, is based in the Old Trafford area of Greater Manchester, England.

The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system.

Nicknamed the Red Devils, it was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. The club moved from Newton Heath to its current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

Manchester United have won a record 20 League titles, 12 FA Cups, five League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields.

It is one of the most widely supported football clubs in the world and has rivalries with Liverpool, Manchester City, Arsenal and Leeds United.

(Except for the headline, the rest of this IANS article is un-edited)

For more technology news, product reviews, sci-tech features and updates, keep reading Digit.in.



from General News https://ift.tt/wlXRJ6i
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What if a botched Google search card says you are a serial killer

Many of us have come to heavily rely on Google Search and often don’t question the veracity of information Google cherry-picks from the vast data available on the world wide web for its search cards. This incident, which is one part funny and two parts scary, makes it clear that Google’s Knowlege Graph may not be as sacrosanct as you may have believed.  Hristo Georgiev was informed by a former colleague that a Google search of his name returned a Google Knowlege Graph that depicted his photo and linked it to a Bulgarian rapist and serial killer of the same name, also known as ‘The Sadist’, who murdered five people back in the 1970s and was later executed by shooting.  The graph linked the info to a Wikipedia article, which incidentally had no link to any of Georgiev’s profile or his image. It was Google’s algorithms that erroneously matched the two. What’s even more problematic is that Hristo Georgiev is not a unique name and is shared by hundreds of other people.  As...
Post a Comment
Read more

MWC 2023: A comparison of the top 4 Xiaomi 13 vs Xiaomi 13 Pro features

Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro globally a day before MWC 2023. And if you are planning to buy a new Xiaomi flagship phone, you may need clarity on the Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro differences. The latter is the bigger, better, and pricier model of the two.  So, what we will be doing here is comparing the specs, features and price of these two phones and finding out which one better fits your bill. Xiaomi 13 vs Xiaomi 13 Pro comparison These differences between Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro might affect your buying decision. We will be comparing the two Xiaomi phones based on their design, display, performance factors, battery, camera, and price. 1. Design Xiaomi 13 Pro is slightly thicker and heavier than Xiaomi 13. It comes with Gorilla Glass Victus protection on the front and a ceramic back option. 2. Display Xiaomi 13 Pro has got a curvy-edged display whilst the regular 13 has a flat front panel. The Pro model has an LTPO screen which means an adaptive refres...
Post a Comment
Read more