“Cristiano Ronaldo announced quitting the Manchester United Football Club after Elon Musk announced his plans to buy the club”
What FACTLY found
The videos shared in the post are edited from separate interviews of Cristiano Ronaldo and Elon Musk. Cristiano Ronaldo had never announced quitting Manchester United. In August 2022, Elon Musk, in a follow-up tweet that expressed his support to both the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the Democratic Party, wrote, “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.” But, later in another tweet, Elon Musk clarified it as a long-running joke and said that he is not planning ...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 November 2022. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 November 2022. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/2640630012739242/
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