pay players. How can the ever grow?
Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said he still wants
to buy Arsenal despite failing in a 2010 bid to acquire a
stake in the club.
The Nigerian billionaire is now worth nearly eight times as
much as when he tried to buy into the Gunners, and he has
not given up on his dream of getting involved with the
popular London club.
In his words: "I still hope, one day at the right price, that I'll
buy the team. I might buy it, not at a ridiculous price but a
price that the owners won't want to resist. I know my
strategy."
58yrs old Dangote, who is a passionate Gunner, told
Bloomberg, "We have $16b-worth of investments in the next
few years. Right now I want to take my own business to a
certain level. Once I finish on that trajectory, then maybe [I
will go for Arsenal]."
Interestingly, Dangote has publicly stated that Arsene
Wenger "needs to change his style a bit," claiming the team
"need new direction."
Dangote – valued at over US$15billion – is worth more than
both Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke and Uzbek
Billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who have been fighting for
control at the Emirates.
Will the majority owner, Kroenke, be willing to sell Arsenal
to Dangote? Time will tell.
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