ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- After Buffalo Sabres owners Terry and Kim Pegula paid an NFL-record $1.4 billion to buy the Buffalo Bills last week, another bidder in the process wants credit for the price tag.
Celebrity billionaire Donald Trump, who had been vocal throughout the summer-long sale process about his interest in buying the team, tweeted Friday that he helped drive up the final price.
The Wilson family should thank me. Pegula overpaid for the @buffalobills because of me!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2014
Trump was the first bidder to publicly announce his intentions to bid, although by late July he said it would be "very, very unlikely" that he would become the next owner of the Bills.
Instead, a trust including Mary Wilson, the widow of Bills founder and former owner Ralph Wilson, reached an agreement to sell the team to the Pegulas last week.
The Pegulas were unanimously approved by the NFL's finance committee Wednesday. They can be approved as the next owners of the Bills by a vote during the NFL's next league meetings on Oct. 7-8.