{"id":85838,"date":"2021-06-10T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=85838"},"modified":"2021-06-10T10:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T09:41:43","slug":"spotifys-daniel-ek-arsenal-football-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/spotifys-daniel-ek-arsenal-football-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify\u2019s Daniel Ek is rumoured to be looking to purchase Arsenal for \u00a32 billion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Image credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/spotify-ceo-daniel-ek-once-the-music-industrys-slayer-now-its-savior-1522661400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4><span style=\"color: #3366FF\">In a strange turn of events the co-founder of Spotify is looking to acquire the football club for an impressive \u00a32bn, after the owners rejected an initial offer of \u00a31.8bn.<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek is reportedly looking to take over the popular London football club Arsenal for \u00a32bn, after having his initial bid of \u00a31.8bn rejected by the current owners. His initial bid had the backing of former Arsenal heavy hitters Thierry Henry and Dennis Bergkamp. Ek continues to show interest in buying the club, of which he has been a fan since childhood.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Ek has increased his bid to \u00a32bn the current owners Kroenke Sports &amp; Entertainment are rumoured to not be willing to sell. However, Ek tweeted that \u201cI respect their decision but remain interested and available should that situation ever change.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who\u2019d of thought that the co-founder of a streaming giant would be looking to buy a whole football club, especially one in the premiership. 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