In an interview on a podcast with Nicolai Tangen, Chief Govt Officer of Norges Financial institution Funding Administration, launched on Wednesday through the agency’s official YouTube channel, Aliko Dangote confirmed he as soon as thought-about shopping for Arsenal.
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Dangote mentioned:
After I was targeted on shopping for Arsenal, I used to be additionally targeted on the refinery attending to its completion.
On the time, Arsenal was value about 2 billion {dollars}, so I requested myself: ought to I put my 2 million {dollars} in Arsenal and permit the enterprise to endure, or proceed the enterprise and proceed to stay a really huge supporter of Arsenal?
So I made a decision to proceed to help them, watch their video games. Any time Arsenal performs, I at all times put on the jersey. I’m a fan, it’s higher I stay as a fan and proceed to fund my enterprise.
And right now they’re value billions, it’s not well worth the whereas.
The African richest man, Aliko Dangote, later channelled his capital into finishing the Dangote Refinery and different enterprise ventures as a substitute of pursuing the Arsenal takeover, whereas remaining one of many membership’s most notable supporters.
