Spotify founder Daniel Ek – worth £3.1BILLION – reveals he’d love to buy Arsenal off Kroenke amid furious fan protests
SPOTIFY founder Daniel Ek announced he would love to buy Arsenal off Stan Kroenke amid furious fan protests.
The Gunners owner has come under mass scrutiny since the collapse of the proposed European Super League.
Supporters protested outside the Emirates before Arsenal played Everton to call for Kroenke’s exit.
Music app Spotify owner Ek, a proud Gooner who is worth more than £3BILLION, has responded by revealing plans to take over the club.
He tweeted: “As a kid growing up, I’ve cheered for Arsenal as long as I can remember.
“If KSE would like to sell Arsenal I’d be happy to throw my hat in the ring.”
Swede Ek launched Spotify in 2008, with the platform currently worth around £58bn.
American billionaire Kroenke, 73, joined the board of the Premier League outfit in 2008 and became majority shareholder three years later.
In that time the side have won four FA Cups but slipped out of title contention, and are set to miss out on a top-four finish for the fifth year in a row.
Already-brewing fan discontent exploded during the week as ninth-placed Arsenal signed up to the European Super League plot.
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Protests across all six of the English sides committed to the project led to its collapse and the Gunners’ board was forced to apologise – but vowed to remain in charge.
However, supporters remain determined to see Kroenke and son Josh, a club director, leave the Gunners and vented their anger towards them tonight.
But Josh REFUSED to consider selling the club during a stormy meeting with a fans’ forum.
When one angry caller told him he was ashamed to be part of Arsenal, He replied: “I understand that statement.
“As this project took shape in a very fast manner, we asked ourselves what is worse, a Super League or a Super League without Arsenal?
“That was a very tough one for us to weigh. We decided a Super League without Arsenal was the worst of both those answers.
“Then we asked what do the fans want because I think the global fan wants to see Arsenal versus Barcelona as much as possible.
“I think the European fan wants to see more big matches between top clubs, to be quite frank because their domestic league is so predictable.
“But as one Chelsea supporter wrote on a sign that I saw online the other day, English fans still want your cold nights in Stoke.
“We were put in a very difficult position by forces outside of the club and we got it wrong.
“All of our trust was shredded this week, I understand that, but I still believe that we are fit to carry on in our positions as custodians of Arsenal.
“I might be met with scepticism but over time I hope to establish some sort of relationship with our supporter groups and show them that we are capable of taking the club forward.
“When are we going to sell? I am not willing to answer that question because we have no intention of selling.”