Africa's richest businessman, Aliko Dangote, has confirmed he
intends to lodge a bid to become majority shareholder of English Premier League
giants Arsenal.
Dangote, who is ranked 67th on the
Forbes rich list with an estimated wealth of £11.5bn, told BBC Hausa:
"When we get this refinery on track, I will have enough time and enough resources to pay what they (Arsenal) are asking for."
The Nigerian billionaire is close to completing an oil refinery in
his homeland, which would in turn finance his plans to purchase the north
London club.
The entrepreneur had previously been interested in purchasing the
15.9 percent stake sold to Stan Kroenke for £123 m in April 2011 but had to
pull out due to various reasons.
Dangote continued: "There were a couple of us who were
rushing to buy, and we thought with the prices then, the people who were
interested in selling were trying to go for a kill.
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