It was almost too perfect.
Who better than to pile onto the social media farce of a summer that has become Manchester United’s existence than Elon Musk?
With a simple unserious statement, threaded into his own unrelated tweet about political parties, the Tesla CEO and billionaire lent a booming voice to the cacophony that is enveloping Old Trafford more and more by the day. “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome,” he wrote, before replying to another user later on, ”No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams.