Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote has been urged to go ahead with his proposed plan to buy English Premier League side Arsenal by fans of the club during yesterday’s protest at the Emirates.
Fans of the club protested the owner’s decision to be a part of the botched European Super League with a call for a change in the ownership of the team before their team 0-1 loss to Everton yesterday.
During the process which was held outside the stadium, a board held by an individual read “Kroenke Out, Dangote In” in reference to Stan Kroenke who is the majority shareholder of the club and Dangote who has thrice voiced his desire to buy the team.
And in January 2020 , he stated once more that when his current business interests are concluded, he will move on to the Gunners.
“It is a team that yes I would like to buy some day, but what I keep saying is we have $20billion worth of projects and that’s what I really want to concentrate on. I’m trying to finish building the company and then after we finish, maybe some time in 2021 we can.
“I’m not buying Arsenal right now, I’m buying Arsenal when I finish all these projects, because I’m trying to take the company to the next level.”
According to KPMG in 2020 – who measure clubs’ enterprise value, which is a measure of a company’s total value – a popular metric used to value a company for a potential takeover – stands at £2.073billion.
And with Dankote reportedly worth a cool $11.5billion, that would give him ample money to spend on buying Kroenke out.
