Tesla billionaire Elon Musk came on Twitter recently and announced that he intends to purchase the troubled football club. The comments under Elon’s tweet are as vicious as to how Manchester United was beaten lately.
Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
According to reports, the unfortunate start to the season for Manchester United, with the humiliation of a 4-0 score against Brentford, has sparked discontent among the club’s fans towards its operations.
One user commented that it would be better for Elon to purchase an American football club. Little did he know, Manchester United on its own has over 300 million fans world wide and that makes it bigger than any American football clubs there is.
Manchester United has over 300million supporters worldwide. The only team that will fill any stadium anywhere on this planet. That's why the glazers bought united and tried to create a franchise because @ManUtd is bigger than American football. Period.
— nur watyula (@a_watyula) August 17, 2022
The internet is sceptical of Elon’s statement as a few months back he did the same for Twitter, and yet he declined purchasing it. Twitter is bringing the billionaire to court in October for trying to cancel the $44 billion deal of purchasing it.
However, the fans of the troubled club tweeted, asking him to consider buying Manchester United. Now with Manchester United’s market cap being valued at $2.08 billion, it is still a hefty tag for Elon to pay.
Manchester United’s current owners the Glazer family has received numerous backlash from fans since their purchase of the club in 2005. This fueled the anger in fans especially after the club’s failed attempt at establishing a breakaway from the European Super League in 2021.
It is pretty unclear on what Elon thinks on the new coach Eric ten Hag’s controversial decisions that aren’t making too many happy. The same could be said about his thoughts if Cristiano Ronaldo should either stay or be allowed to leave the club.
Decisions like these may fall on him in the near future, only if he sticks through it and the purchase is successful.
Currently, the predicaments the club is facing needs to be solved by the coach, who by all accounts has been making the wrong decisions that led to this troubling times.
Hag will be fortunate if Manchester United reaches a place in the top 10 if the Glazers aren’t realising that they’re in troubled waters. They qualified for the Europa League 2 months ago, but the coach is already facing issues with the time needed to coach the team he just got into.
For the past decade, the current owners had spent a large sum of money in terms of buying new players, unfortunately bad decisions were made. But the current coach needs support from the club’s owners in order to beef up the team with newer, stronger players.
The main question here is, after all the problems the club is facing, will Elon Musk be able to handle it all? Or will he just go on another Twitter rant about the club after purchasing it?