I want to take over Arsenal by 2021:Aliko Dangote

Nigerian business magnate Aliko Dangote has once again
declared his intention to buy Arsenal Football Club… in
2021.
Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has previously made a
number of statements about his desire to purchase the
Gunners.
During the last five years, the 62 year-old has made
separate claims, on no less than five occasions, about his
want to lead an Emirates takeover.
Dangote, who is the 96th wealthiest man in the world,
according to Bloomberg’s Billionaire’s Index, started his
first business at the age of 21 and also founded Africa’s
largest cement provider, stated in 2018 his desire to make
a move for the North London club in 2020.
“We will go after Arsenal from 2020… even if somebody
buys, we will still go after it,” he told Reuters in 2018.
Now he has altered his plans, amid a holdup with his
Dangote Refinery project.
The Dangote Refinery remains under construction in the
remote Ibeju-Lekki suburb of Lagos and is expected to be
one of the world’s largest oil refineries once complete.
However, with that project having experienced numerous
delays and now not set to be completed until 2021,
Dangote’s timescale has changed.
In an interview with Bloomberg, broadcast on the most
recent edition The David Rubinstein Show, Dangote – who
has an estimated net worth of $14.1bn – reiterates his
intentions for the Premier League outfit.
He states:”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.”
Arsenal are currently owned by Stan Kroenke, through his
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment group, with the American
having come in for widespread criticism in recent years.