Daniel Ek, founder of Spotify, insists on buying Arsenal

The founder and CEO of the audio platform Spotify, the Swede Daniel Ek, on Wednesday reiterated his interest in the takeover of the English football club Arsenal, saying he was "very serious" and not scalded by the end of not receiving from the current owner , KSE.

"I'm very serious," said on the American channel CNBC, the leader, who has been a fan of the club since he was 8 years old.

"I raised the funds for this."

“I want to present the owners with what I think is an interesting offer and I hope they will listen to me,” he added.

On Tuesday, the group Kroenke Sports and Entertainment (KSE), of the American entrepreneur Stan Kroenke, indicated that it remained "100% committed to Arsenal" and that it was "not selling any stake in the club. ". "We have not received any offers and we will not accept any offers," KSE insisted in a statement. “Obviously, I didn't expect everything to happen immediately,” explained Daniel Ek in response to KSE's non-receiving end. "I prepared myself for the idea that this could be a long journey."

Arsenal are currently tenth in the Premier League, England's premier football division, and could end the season on their worst ranking since the 1994/95 season (12th at the time).

It's a snub to the fans of this thirteen-time England champion, last time in 2004, and 14-time Cup winner, even though it is still in the Europa League race (semi-final), where a victory would secure him a place in the Champions League.

Fans angry after Super League fiasco

To the bad sporting results of the club was added the controversy born of the announcement of the launch of the Super League, a project ultimately aborted in which Arsenal was to participate. Thousands of angry fans gathered outside the Emirates Stadium on Friday ahead of a game against Everton to express their anger at seeing their club associated with the project. Arsenal had finally withdrawn, like the other five participating English clubs, 48 ​​hours after the announcement, after a shower of criticism.

The supporters, who have a strained relationship with longtime Stan Kroenke, have notably demanded that KSE sell the club.

“My focus is on the fans and on trying to bring this club back on the path to glory,” said Daniel Ek.

"I am first and foremost a fan and I want this club to do better" than its current results.

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