Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote plans to sack Arsene Wenger if his long-promised takeover of Arsenal is ever successful, newscdn.newsrep.net reports. Aliko Dangote, valued at £10billion by Forbes earlier this year, has publicly expressed his desire to take over at the
Emirates for several years and saw an initial bid to join Arsenal's hierarchy collapse in 2010.
In an interview with Bloomberg Dangote once more affirmed his desire to invest in the north London side once he completes a major oil refinery project in the Nigerian capital of Lagos.
And any successful bid from the 60-year-old could spell doom for Wenger. Video not available for syndication Wenger: I didn't know if I would stay at Arsenal
“The first thing I would change is the coach,” Dangote said. “He has done a good job, but someone else should also try his luck.”
It is not the first occasion in which Dangote has promised major upheaval at the Emirates, making similar comments about Wenger in May 2015.
The Arsenal manager would fear no such challenge from current majority shareholder Stan Kroenke, with whom he agreed a two year contract extension at the end of last season.
Kroenke insisted in May that he was a “committed, long-term investor” in Arsenal after his company had rejected a £1billion takeover bid from Alisher Usmanov, who owns a 30 per cent stake in the club.
The offer valued Arsenal at £2bn and Dangote is convinced he could tempt Kroenke and Usmanov into selling up. Read More From Source
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