Given the chaos going on at Manchester United, calls for the Glazers to leave the Red Devils have hit an all-time high. The club's American owners have overseen the demise of one of Europe's biggest teams, with their recent 4-0 defeat away to Brentford being the final straw for many supporters.
However, with the 20-time English being valued at over $4 billion by Forbes, the only way out of this current ownership is if the Glazers were to put the club up for sale, and at that price point, not many can afford to buy them out.
As a result, a recent tweet made by the infamous billionaire Elon Musk sparked mayhem on social media. The 51-year-old CEO of Tesla and SpaceX took to social media to flirt with the idea of buying the Premier League giants, writing "Also, I'm buying Manchester United, you're welcome" in a follow-up to a previous tweet regarding his political alignment.
Also, I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Musk is known for trolling on social media, and while some took this tweet with a pinch of salt, others could not help but go into overdrive. This sparked several jokes and memes on Twitter poking fun at what could unfold should Elon usurp the Glazers as the owners at Old Trafford. Here are the best tweets.
When Elon Musk drags Maguire on a spaceship to Mars after an own goal in the derby pic.twitter.com/C8H66AqUnV
— . (@UtdDna__) August 17, 2022
Elon Musk playing with the feelings of United fans…. pic.twitter.com/HWB35ViLWU
— (@Utd_winning) August 17, 2022
Me travelling to United home games after Elon Musk buys the club pic.twitter.com/nKUq8XAP4J
— Alexei (@MUFC_redarmy99) August 17, 2022
When Elon musk buys Manchester united and sends Mctominay and Maguire to Mars pic.twitter.com/PInOjTZ1tG
— BenchWarmers (@BeWarmers) August 17, 2022
When Elon Musk buys us and we only spend £630m on our first window pic.twitter.com/rwlOuJBSFj
— (@SackOIe) August 17, 2022
Glazers: Manchester United is not for sale
— JET7 (@ONEUTD7) August 17, 2022
Elon Musk: pic.twitter.com/3GyeiNknDd
McTominay being subbed off for one of Elon Musk's robots before HT will be comical https://t.co/Acf3ksccbr
— Dubois (@CFCDUBois) August 17, 2022
Man Utd player's after Elon Musk put chips in their brains. #MUFC
— Out Of Context Man Utd (@ManUtdNoContext) August 17, 2022
pic.twitter.com/3o8SC8i9La
Elon Musk after 1 week of being the owner of Manchester United pic.twitter.com/Glwxfke1d9
— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) August 17, 2022
Lisandro Martinez when he's too short to go to Space for pre season pic.twitter.com/BAJxfA4lki https://t.co/pwxUEhzOsK
— TLV (@TheLampardView) August 17, 2022
Anyone excited over the idea of Musk taking over Manchester United will be disappointed, however, as the billionaire later admitted he was simply joking when asked by another Twitter user.
No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I'm not buying any sports teams.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022
Nonetheless, this prank will once again shine the spotlight on the Glazers and their poor ownership of England's most iconic team. Ten Hag's side currently sit dead bottom in the table, having conceded six goals whilst failing to score on their own – the only goal they've registered so far was a Brighton own goal.
Next up for Cristiano and Co. is an interesting showdown with Liverpool, who, despite their shaky start to the Premier League season, are one of the favorites for the title. Things could get a lot worse for the Red Devils should they suffer another embarrassing home defeat to the Merseyside giants.