Henry backs Ek Arsenal takeover
ARSENAL legend Thierry Henry says Daniel Ek is the real deal.
The billionaire owner of music service Spotify says he wants to buy the Gunners because he’s a lifelong fan.
The Swede has teamed up with club legends like Henry and Dennis Bergkamp to help launch a £3bn bid to buy from the Kroenke family.
And Henry says Ek is no gloryhunter.
He added: “Daniel is an Arsenal fan — he hasn’t said that for publicity, he has been an Arsenal fan for a long time.
“He approached us, we listened to him, when we knew first and foremost that he wanted to involve the fans we actually met the Arsenal Supporters’ Trust and told them what we wanted to do which is to bring them back on board.
“He wants to reinject the Arsenal DNA, the identity that is long gone.
“You don’t have Arsenal people there among the board that can sometimes show the right direction and that is what Daniel wants to do.
Solution
“He already said he collected the funds so he can make sure he can make a good bid.
“Now obviously they need to listen and see what they can do.
“Something that is very important about it, saying they want the owner out, we are trying to offer a solution of having the fans as the DNA back of the club.”
Henry is not overly optimistic that Ek will get his hands on Arsenal any time soon.
He added: “A takeover is going to be very long and not easy if it ever happens.
“Daniel will not move away, he will be there waiting to see if they want to sell, that is going to take a long time.
“We know what we want to do but first and foremost we need to make sure we can takeover, if they are listening.
Lets see where it is going to go, he reached out.
“I don’t know now how far they went.”