Nigerian billionaire and entrepreneur Aliko Dangote, 66, has expressed interest in acquiring French Ligue 2 football club Valenciennes. According to the economic site Entreprendre.fr, the African billionaire could soon buy the French club.

The decision of the billionaire would have been taken in early April according to the media, which specifies that the amount of the transaction would be about ten million euros. He had already tried to acquire the English club Arsenal, his club of heart (currently owned by the American Stan Kroenke)