the billionaire Elon Musk could become the new owner of Manchester Unitedwhich is in crisis and for sale by its North American owners.
According to local media, Musk analyzes the numbers to land in the Premier League, then having given a coup last year, when it took over the Twitter platform. The South African-born tycoon is also the owner of the electric car company Tesla and the aerospace company SpaceX.
Musk is currently the second richest man in the world, and according to the Daily Mail look with interest to try to rescue United, which in recent years lost the football line and has not won a title in the Premier for 10 years.
Why are Manchester United for sale?
Manchester United was for sale by the owners, the Glazer family, in November of last year and from that date different interested parties were reported, who will be able to present their formal proposals until this Friday, February 17.
The Raine Group will be the bank that will supervise the transactions And until that moment the most important public offering was that of Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the richest man in Britain and CEO of INEOS, a chemical company, besides the owner of the Nicewho plays in Ligue 1.
It is estimated that a proposal of up to £4.5bn “will be adequate to close the deal” although on the other hand the owners of United would like to sell in a number between 6,000 and 8,000 million of that currency.
With a massive net worth of £157 billion (according to Forbes, the second richest person in the world), Musk will have no difficulty reaching a sale agreement that the Glazers desire.
