Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote is in discussions with the French club Valenciennes to take over 100% of the club. But the richest man in Africa also has other projects in mind.
Eddy Zdziech, the President of Valenciennes confirmed to the French newspaper L’Équipe that there was indeed a “rapprochement” with Nigerian Aliko Dangote.
Aliko Dangote has clear intentions in European football since this long-term Arsenal supporter tried to buy the London club twice, in 2016 and 2020. But the discussions was never concluded.
A source from the club’s management indicates that “the director of the sports project for a large industrial group in sub-Saharan Africa was present at the Hainaut stadium on Saturday evening against Paris FC (4-5). It would be his second visit to Valenciennes to study the feasibility of a buyout of 100% of the shares of VAFC.
Contacts intensified last week between the Zdziech family and the African billionaire who made his fortune in the field of cement, “adds the ‘Crew.
For this, however, Nicolas Rabuel ‘s men will have to stay in Ligue 2, it seems.
This description of an African billionaire is not without similarity to the Nigerian Ali Dangote.
IReportonline, Africa News