Aliko Dangote who is Africa's wealthiest man has repeated his longing to buy London club, Arsenal at the latest the year 2020.
Dangote , a Nigerian worth $10.9 billion, as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index,
declared his expectation to purchase the club a year ago.
He said he needs to sit tight for his business prospects to enhance and his interests in gas pipelines and an oil refinery to play out before making the obtaining.
"There's most likely" I'll purchase Arsenal and "it's not an issue" of cash, Dangote said in a meeting with Bloomberg Television in New York on Wednesday.
"Possibly three to four years. The issue is that we have all the more difficult headwinds. I have to get those out the way first and begin having tailwinds. At that point I'll concentrate on this."
Dangote, an Arsenal fan, has lost $4.4 billion this year, the fourth the greater part of anybody all around, due for the most part to the devaluation of Nigeria's cash, the very rich people record appears.
In the event that he succeeds in his procurement offer, Dangote will be the main African proprietor of a group in England's Premier League.
"It's not about purchasing Arsenal and only proceeding with nothing new," he said.
"It's about purchasing Arsenal and turning it around. I've maintained an extremely fruitful business and I think I can likewise run an exceptionally effective group. At this moment, with what we're confronting, over $20 billion of tasks, I can't do both."
While Arsenal has won 13 top flight group titles in England, making it one of the nation's best sides, it's last was in 2004.
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