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Most of us who love football and see
our club owners taking one terrible decision after another often wish we could
cobble enough cash together to buy the team and run it as it ought to be run.
If you’re Aliko Dangote and you’re worth $15bn, it’s more than just a dream.
The Nigerian, Africa’s richest man,
has revealed he still has ambitions about buying the English club one day. He
already tried once, in 2010, but that deal did not materialise. He told Bloomberg that
he plans on another bid.
“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.”
Arsenal is currently in the hands of
Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov. Arsene Wenger has been in the charge of the
team for close to two decades, in which time they’ve won too few trophies for a
club of Arsenal’s stature.
The billionaire though, said he’s
busy with many side projects now. Once done, he’ll explore the possibility of a
sale again.
“We have $16 billion-worth of
investments in the next few years,” he said. “Right now I want to take my own
business to a certain level. Once I finish on that trajectory, then maybe (an
offer will follow)”
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