Piers Morgan begs Elon Musk to buy his beloved Arsenal and go ‘nowhere near’ Man United after the world’s richest man joked he is taking over at Old Trafford
- Piers Morgan has asked Elon Musk to buy Arsenal instead of Manchester United
- Musk tweeted that he was buying the Red Devils, before confirming it was a joke
- The Old Trafford club are currently owned by unpopular US family the Glazers
Piers Morgan followed up Elon Musk’s joke about buying Manchester United by cheekily urging the space pioneer to fork out for his beloved Arsenal instead.
On Tuesday, Musk tweeted: ‘Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome’, although he later clarified that it was part of a long-running gag linking the billionaire businessman with a number of sports clubs.
However, television personality and Arsenal fan Morgan, 57, responded to Musk’s initial claim by asking the SpaceX man to come in for the Gunners, currently owned by Stan Kroenke.
Morgan wrote: ‘Trust me on this, Elon – you don’t want to go anywhere near them… if you want to buy a football team, try @Arsenal.’
Arsenal fan Piers Morgan joked that Elon Musk should buy his club instead of rivals Man United
Musk had tweeted he’s ‘buying Man United’, before confirming that it was a long-standing joke
Musk had said that while he was not involved in an offer for the Red Devils, they would feature highly on any potential list if he was to buy a sports team.
‘If it were any team, it would be Man U,’ the 51-year-old wrote. ‘They were my fav team as a kid.’
United’s poor start to the season – beginning with losses to Brighton and Brentford – has led to increased calls for radical change in the setup at Old Trafford.
Musk’s initial comment sparked rumours, before he confirmed it was a ‘long-running joke’
In a follow-up tweet, Musk added that Manchester United were his favourite team growing up
However, those results – and the increased pressure on new manager Erik ten Hag and his squad – mean that Morgan is not alone in believing potential investors may not want to go ‘anywhere near’ the club at the moment.
United are currently owned by the American Glazer family, but fan-led protests have made it clear that many of those in the stands at Old Trafford are not happy with the present operation – and haven’t been for some time.
As of the end of the day’s market on Tuesday, United had a market capitalization of $2.08billion (£1.72m), although since Forbes claims Musk has a net worth of $272bn (£225bn), after success with PayPal, Tesla, and SpaceX, he could easily afford this purchase.
