CONOR McGREGOR revealed he wants to buy a sports club and even held talks to acquire shares in Celtic.
The Irishman, who has Scottish heritage, recently tweeted that he was interested in taking over Manchester United.
It followed after furious fan protests as United supporters called for the Glazer family to sell the club.
Former UFC champion McGregor has an estimated net worth of £180million but that could now be set to sky rocket.
It followed after he sold a majority stake in his Proper Twelve whiskey company, worth around £423m.
McGregor has already invested a ‘significant amount’ into his childhood football club Lourdes Celtic.
But now the multimillionaire fancies a crack at owning a professional team and has previously spoken with Celtic’s largest individual shareholder Dermot Desmond.
McGregor, 32, tweeted: “A conversation came up regarding Celtic first to be honest. To acquire shares from Dermot Desmond.
“I am certainly interested in acquiring a sports team at some stage! Both Celtic and Man United are teams I like for sure.
“But I am open. I feel I could do big things for a club.”
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McGregor, who makes his UFC return on July 10 in a rematch with Dustin Poirier, had dozens of fans pleading with him to invest in their club.
One said: “I beg you buy Hull City. We’ve just won the league and we are up for sale and have been for years, a new owner could come in and take us back to the Premier League.”
Another said: “BUY ARSENAL.”
One tweeted: “Buy West ham.”
I beg you buy Hull City. We’ve just won the league and we are up for sale and have been for years, a new owner could come in and take us back to the Premier League
— Joe
(@JoPSmith25) May 10, 2021
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