Opinion

April 28, 2021

Would Daniel Ek buying Arsenal be a gamechanger for European tech?

Tech personalities don’t tend to buy European sports clubs. Could Ek’s ambitions to take over Arsenal usher in a new, gamechanging era? 


Nicolas Colin

5 min read

Arsenal stadium

The controversy around the European Football Super League was shortlived: the protagonists announced their plan on a Sunday night, and it was ditched only 48 hours later. One unexpected event in the aftermath, however, was that Daniel Ek, Spotify’s founder and CEO, announced that he was teaming up with three star players in a bid to buy his beloved club, Arsenal.

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Nicolas Colin

Nicolas Colin is cofounder of VC firm The Family. He writes a regular column for Sifted

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