Elon Musk has emerged as a potential buyer for Manchester United as the Glazer family's soft deadline for bids draws ever closer.
The Glazers are believed to have set a date of February 17 for bids, though this is not a hard and fast deadline if an appropriate bidder needs longer. A multi-billion pound bid would be needed to take over the Premier League club, which was put up for sale by its American owners in November,
Musk has spoken about United being the one sports team he might consider a bid for, even if reports of investment were dismissed by the Tesla boss as a "long-running joke". More recently, though, it has been claimed that he is monitoring the situation around United amid interest from Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe and a Qatari group.
