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Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday evening that he is purchasing the Manchester United football club, although it was not clear if the eccentric billionaire, ...

WASHINGTON - Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday evening that he is purchasing the Manchester United football club, although it was not clear if the eccentric billionaire, currently embroiled in a lawsuit over his bid to buy Twitter, was being serious. Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday evening that he is purchasing the Manchester United football club, although it was not clear if the eccentric billionaire, currently embroiled in a lawsuit over his bid to buy Twitter, was being serious. As for Elon Musk, the richest man in the world recently sold nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla shares, and is in a major legal battle in the US state of Delaware over his aborted plan to buy Twitter.

Elon Musk tweeted on Tuesday that "I'm not buying any sports teams", calling a viral post about him purchasing Manchester United a joke.

They were my fav team as a kid.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) They were my fav team as a kid." "No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter.

Elon Musk tweeted on Tuesday that 'I'm not buying any sports teams', calling a viral post about him purchasing Manchester United a joke.

They were my fav team as a kid." They have been targeted by angry fans. "No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter.

Musk later claimed it was a "long-running joke on Twitter" and he is not buying any sports teams.

They have shipped six goals so far and scored only one. Off the pitch, supporters have been calling for a change of ownership and have planned a massive protest against current owners, the Glazer family, ahead of their next league encounter against fierce rivals Liverpool. Manchester United have been struggling on the field and lost their first two games of the season.

Shares of the English soccer club Manchester United Plc briefly rose by as much as 17% in premarket trading on Wednesday.

Twitter is taking the billionaire to court over the dispute. Manchester United fans reacted surprised, yet hopeful, as many have criticized the current owners of the club, the American Glazer family. Manchester United shares, which are traded under the abbreviation MANU on the New York Stock Exchange, were up 3.68% in premarket trading as of 4:30 a.m. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519480761749016577?lang=en) that he would purchase Coca-Cola "to put the cocaine back in," a tweet he referred back to on Wednesday after clarifying that he would not buy Manchester United. They were my fav team as a kid." [Manchester United](//www.cnbc.com/quotes/MANU) briefly rose by as much as 17% in premarket trading Wednesday, after [Tesla](//www.cnbc.com/quotes/TSLA) CEO Elon Musk jokingly tweeted that he would buy the club.

You have to hand it to the British football commentators. Summing up the extraordinary game between Manchester United and Brentford – which the West London ...

The Internet of Things is improving the efficiency of the betting process. The website was around for ages, and was doing okay. Not too long ago, the US Supreme Court found that the federal ban on sports betting was illegal, and left it to the states to decide what to do. Over the past six years or so, US states have been considering the issue, and over a third have decided to permit sports betting – with a whole bunch about to change their laws. What about the tech? The analysis suggests it will rise further to $231-billion in 2022. When you are at the bottom, it seems like it’s impossible for things to get worse. You have to hand it to the British football commentators. Because football clubs are tightly held, the price discovery process is poor. I’m not buying any sports teams.” But, he said, if he was going to buy a club, it would be Manchester United, his favourite team from his boyhood. Not what you would call a dream start for the new Dutch manager, Erik ten Hag. But then Musk stuck the knife in just four hours later, denying that he intended to buy the club, saying “ …

Elon Musk seemingly does not approve of his ex-girlfriend Grimes' desire to get "elf ear surgery." They share two kids: X and Exa.

[she tweeted](https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1559344917515800576). [she inquired](https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1559339247852814337) Monday. “I think if you forgot about the appt then perhaps you don’t need to make any changes. (Still debating this surgery cuz cartilage doesn’t heal so it requires permanent stitches).” [she tweeted](https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1559345198047584257). “Has anyone done elf ear mods with a good outcome?

After ex-partner Grimes talks about wanting elf ears on Twitter, Elon Musk seemingly disapproves.

[Grimes ](https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/elon-musk-and-grimes-split-after-3-years-together-are-now-semi-separated-903327)discussed wanting "vampire teeth caps" and "elf ear modifiers." For those unversed, Musk and Grimes first crossed paths virtually on the internet as they first connected on Twitter in 2018. [ Elon Musk](https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/elon-musk-speaks-out-secretly-welcoming-twins-doing-my-best-help-underpopulation-crisis-1157678) replied to his ex's idea as he wrote, per People, "The downside of elf ear surgery probably outweighs the upside." Grimes responded to Musk's negative feedback, "Tbh this sounds like a job for crispr. On Monday, in a series of tweets, Grimes revealed that she scheduled an appointment with "a great plastic surgeon" about two years ago as she thought she "might want to change things up by my mid 30s,'" but never went through with her plan. Curious about peoples experiences!"

Grimes asked her followers on Twitter for advice regarding unique surgical modifications.

“I believe the music she is writing and her artistic life thanks to the ears she already has is more important than the risk of doing some permanent modification. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) “Honestly I’d go for it,” one person wrote. [first began their relationship in 2018](https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/elon-musk-wife-grimes-relationship-timeline-b2126292.html) before making their debut as a couple at the Met Gala that year. Plus it’d look bada**.” God, don’t put your charisma after some kind of game. Curious about people’s experiences!” She also wrote [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1501959073591296002) that they had broken up prior to the publication of the article and since welcoming their daughter. In March, the singer told Vanity Fair that she and Musk have a fluid and inexplicable partnership. Grimes then asked her followers for even more cosmetic treatment recommendations, writing: “Also does anyone know any great/ safe/ reliable ppl who could do vampire teeth caps on me in Austin or LA? Also, any reputable elf ear modifiers in either of these cities? However, she also said that she never went through with the appointment, before asking her followers if they thought “face mods” would look good on her.

Elon Musk was only joking when he said that he wanted to buy Manchester United. This is why so many United fans jumped on board so quickly.

"This is not about the money that has been spent or not spent. "A fish rots from the head. The move was a success. They also haven't won a Champions League title since 2007-08. In 1995, Glazer Sr looked at his ever-growing portfolio of big companies and said to himself, "Ya know what I don't have? "If the club is for sale, Jim is definitely a potential buyer," a spokesman told The Times. To make matters worse, in 2021, the family backed a move to join the The club was in debt for the first time since 1931, concerns were raised about where the money from a share float was going to go. A key player since the inception of the Premier League in the 1992-93 season, Manchester United won six of the first eight Premier League titles, and finished second in the other two seasons. Manchester United won five titles in the near-immediate aftermath of that heavily leveraged takeover — including three seasons in a row from 2006 to 2009. A major sports team", and thus pulled out his wallet and dropped a then-record $US192m on the counter to buy the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL. Manchester United are the most successful club in English football in terms of league titles won, with 20 top-flight titles to their name.

"The downside of elf ear surgery probably outweighs the upside," Musk tweeted at Grimes in response to the singer's post about the procedure.

It [involves changing the shape of one's ear](https://bodyartguru.com/elf-ears-body-modification/) to look pointy at the tips and requires the trimming and reshaping of ear cartilage. Musk told [The Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-life-and-death-of-grimes-11553084548) in 2019 that he loves Grimes for her "wild fae artistic creativity and hyper intense work ethic." And in March 2022, Grimes revealed in a Vanity Fair interview that the couple also [had a baby girl named ](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-grimes-2nd-baby-girl-y-vanity-fair-2022-3) [Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, or "Y,"](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-grimes-2nd-baby-girl-y-vanity-fair-2022-3) via a surrogate. Archangel" — was born in May 2020. Grimes replied to Musk, lamenting how elf ears might be achievable through gene editing. Curious about peoples experiences!"

The Tesla CEO took to Twitter on Tuesday evening to brazenly claim that he would be purchasing Premier League soccer team Manchester United. "Also, I'm buying ...

[user wrote](https://twitter.com/Ronny_GOAT/status/1559761906662920192) to Musk. The only hope is [@elonmusk](https://twitter.com/elonmusk)." [another fan](https://twitter.com/UTDTrey/status/1559781576094932998?s=20&t=V7IvieCZqLfpPq0rZj5T4Q) lamented. They were my fav team as a kid." "Although, if it were any team, it would be Man U. [said bluntly](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559760618537848832?s=20&t=k9cQXcZ5MvbIOhnnPUtZWQ).

Billionaire Elon Musk drags his 'baby mama' Grimes on Twitter over her desire to get 'elf ear surgery' done. Take a look...

[Baby Y which they welcomed via surrogate](https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/celeb-news/breaking-elon-musk-grimes-new-baby-girl-surrogate-baby-x-y-latest/) in December 2021, according to [Vanity Fair. [Greek god on vacation?! “Also, has anyone done elf ear mods with a good outcome? ](https://www.thesouthafrican.com/lifestyle/celeb-news/who-is-shivon-zilis-elon-musk-baby-mama-twins/) (Elf ears isn’t an option, that’s a separate questionion)” she wrote. “Two years ago I made an appt with a great plastic surgeon.

It turns out Elon Musk won't actually be rescuing the suffering fans, and investors, of Manchester United. Michael Saylor still wants him to do something ...

Tesla sold 75% of its bitcoin holdings in the quarter, raising $936 million, but also recording a loss of $170 million on the remaining stake. Tesla put about $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin into its corporate reserves, to the delight of “bitcoin maxis” (i.e., true believers) like Mr. MicroStrategy has bought about 130,000 bitcoins over the past two years, turning the business-software company into more or less a bitcoin investment fund.\n\nMr.

Elon Musk, who already shares two children with Canadian singer Grimes and another five children with his ex-wife, the Canadian author Justine Wilson, ...

After a failed Twitter deal, Elon Musk on Wednesday joked that he is buying British football club Manchester United. In April 2022, Musk and Zilis filed a petition to change the name of the twins to "have their father's last name" and contain their mother's last name as part of their middle name," TechCrunch reported, citing court documents. The 51-year-old shared his thoughts on parenting and wrote, "Being a Mom is just as important as any career."

After months of right-wing virtue signaling online, the eccentric billionaire now appears to be cozying up with Republicans in real life.

[made significant inroads](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/elon-musk-taking-over-twitter) with conservative lawmakers and media figures in his belief that social media companies censor users, an alleged phenomenon that he promised to resolve at Twitter. But in a Tuesday tweet, the billionaire attempted to [portray](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559692842313949184?s=20&t=QLoRh3gXZJgO_0NakpnQLQ) himself as a “moderate” who is not loyal to either party. “To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party!” he [wrote](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559690651687608321). (The CEO [told](https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-paid-250000-to-a-flight-attendant-who-accused-elon-musk-of-sexual-misconduct-2022-5) the outlet that the story was a “politically motivated hit piece.”) [tweeted](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/may/18/elon-musk-republican-political-attacks) that he voted for Democrats in the past “because they were (mostly) the kindness party. That cryptic warning came just ahead of an Insider [report](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/05/elon-musk-flight-attendant-sexual-misconduct-allegations) that SpaceX had paid a flight attendant a $250,000 severance agreement in 2018 to settle a sexual-misconduct claim against Musk.

Elon Musk attended a fireside Q&A with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy at an annual GOP retreat in Wyoming.

The outlet spoke to attendees who were present at Musk and McCarthy's fireside chat. [cast his vote for a Republican candidate for the first time](https://www.businessinsider.com/musk-says-voted-gop-first-time-predicts-midterm-red-wave-2022-6?r=US&IR=T) by voting for Mayra Flores in a special election in Texas' 34th Congressional District. [plans to vote Republican in the upcoming election cycle](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-will-vote-republican-next-us-presidential-election-2022-5?r=US&IR=T). [tweet](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559690651687608321) on Tuesday he supports the "left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party." Elizabeth Warren](https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-pay-more-taxes-than-any-american-ever-2021-12?r=US&IR=T), who accused Musk of "freeloading off everyone else." [Axios](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/18/elon-musk-republican-retreat-kevin-mccarthy) reported Musk was interviewed by McCarthy at a fireside Q&A chat at his annual donor retreat in Wyoming.

Grimes, real name Claire Boucher, asked her Twitter followers for advice about getting cosmetic surgery on her ears.

Earlier this year, it emerged that the pair had [become parents again to a baby girl](https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/10/grimes-secretly-welcomes-baby-girl-with-boyfriend-elon-musk-16253080/) named Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, after keeping the pregnancy secret. Im also less interested in conventional beauty (I will keep my nose) – but moreso is there anything else that wud look sick? [Brad Pitt ‘compared child to Columbine kid’ in row with Angelina Jolie on private jet according to bombshell FBI report](https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/18/brad-pitt-compared-angelina-jolie-child-to-columbine-kid-fbi-report-claims-17204190/?ico=more_text_links) ‘Ps sorry if weird 2 discuss this openly, just seems unhealthy how every1 in media hides body mods,then ppl feel self conscious. [welcomed their first child, son X Æ A-12](https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/05/grimes-elon-musk-welcome-first-child-together-12654737/), in May 2020. [microchips inside human brains](https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/07/grimes-and-lil-uzi-vert-announce-plans-to-get-brain-chips-together-14037459/), but apparently, he draws the line at [Grimes](https://metro.co.uk/tag/grimes/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1) getting cosmetic surgery on her ears.

Amber Heard felt 'increasingly protective' of Elon Musk and 'attacked without provocation' anyone who came near.

But the shredded dress marked an indefinite end to whatever lingering infatuation still remained.” She began by saying, “Elon invited and encouraged Gia to come. Gia added, “she grabbed me by the neck and started slashing my dress with a wine opened, like a maniac, screaming that she was going to ‘slit my neck’, for [expletive] her boyfriend.”

Elon Musk reportedly had some advice for Republican lawmakers during an ultra-exclusive GOP donors retreat this week: be more compassionate, and stay out of ...

“But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.” Musk delivered the message Tuesday during a question-and-answer session at an annual private gathering hosted by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in Jackson, Wyoming. Musk has regularly clashed with prominent liberals, such as Sens.

The Tesla CEO joked that he was buying the club on Twitter before clarifying he was a boyhood fan of the Premier League side currently run by despised ...

[just a tenth](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/glazers-man-utd-sell-protest-23975027) of what Musk was prepared to pay for the social media platform. [drained club coffers](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19524314/glazers-man-utd-investment-decade/) to the tune of 1.1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in interest, dividends, and fees since taking control. [Goldman Sachs](https://fortune.com/company/goldman-sachs-group) banker Jim O’Neill dubbed the Red Knights sensed that the Glazers were not a safe pair of hands and attempted to wrest control of the club from the American family. He demanded the owners stop “hiding in Tampa” and address the problems: “Joe Glazer has got to get in a plane to Manchester tomorrow…and he’s got to tell everybody what the hell his plan is with the football club.” He inherited ownership from his father, Malcolm Glazer, who acquired United in a 2005 leveraged buyout that saddled the club with a mountain of debt, effectively forcing the club to pay for its own acquisition. Polarizing centibillionaire Elon Musk briefly sent the hearts of Manchester United fans racing the world over on Tuesday, claiming he was poised to wrestle control of the club out of the clutches of its hated current owners.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk built on his recent shift to the Republican Party by speaking Tuesday at a GOP retreat hosted by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, ...

A month prior, he said he had voted Democrat because they were “(mostly) the kindness party”—but that would change. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1536973965394157569) that he had voted for a Republican for the first time, speaking specifically about Rep. Musk Many tech leaders in Silicon Valley, where foreign-born startup founders and programmers are common, also criticized Trump’s effort. He also applauded free markets and claimed that socialism was dangerous, which seemed to sit well with fellow guests, Axios reported. As featured speaker, Musk, the world’s richest man, shared his thoughts about both parties.

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk stands as his brother Kimbal Musk, right. Alex Brandon/AP/Shutterstock. Impact.

(McCarthy [declined](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/elon-musk-spoke-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthys-wyoming-retreat-same-day-liz-cheney-lost-primary.amp) to confirm whether Musk would be in attendance at his event.) If you didn’t know any better, you might assume that Musk doesn’t actually support moderates and just says he does to cover his ass as he buddies up to far-right candidates who are actively seeking to undermine democracy. [Liz Cheney](https://www.mic.com/impact/liz-cheney-loses-primary), who is basically the definition of the “left half of the Republican Party” at this point, was facing a primary against Trump-backed political newcomer Harriet Hageman. Hageman isn’t exactly the type of moderate that Musk purports to support. Or maybe he’s trying to push McCarthy to the center.” Here’s a quick cheat sheet for understanding how Elon Musk uses Twitter: If he makes an assertion about himself, it likely means that he’s about to do something that completely contradicts it and is trying to create plausible deniability.

Prolific tweeter Elon Musk said he is buying English football club Manchester United Plc. in a thread joking about his political allegiances.

When a [Tesla Inc.](/quote/TSLA:US) fan account asked whether Musk was serious, he replied no, he isn’t buying any sports teams. [world’s richest person](https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/) sent his [initial missive](https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1559691922725281800) about the storied club in a reply to an earlier post about his political allegiances. [Manchester United Plc](/quote/MANU:US), letting 4 1/2 hours go by before clarifying he was kidding about purchasing the English football club listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has been attempting for some time to backtrack on the $44 million deal with Twitter Inc., has now moved to involve other businesses ...

They do this by using technology to verify independently that actual people are viewing digital ads. According to documents filed in a Delaware court on Thursday, the billionaire is trying to obtain documents from advertising technology companies as part of his effort to learn more about bot and spam accounts on Twitter. According to documents filed in a Delaware court on Thursday, Elon Musk is trying to obtain documents from advertising technology companies as part of his effort to learn more about bot and spam accounts on Twitter.