YouTube star and boxer KSI has acquired a 20 per cent stake in National League South club Dagenham & Redbridge, announcing ambitions to take the non-league side to the Premier League.
The 32-year-old, whose real name is Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, revealed the purchase in a video posted online. Dagenham & Redbridge currently sit 13th in the sixth tier of English football, two promotions away from the Football League.
“I want to do the unthinkable, I want to take Dagenham and Redbridge to the Premier League,” KSI said. The club spent nine years in the Football League before relegation in 2016.
KSI, a lifelong Arsenal fan, also referenced his earlier online series “Race to Division One,” calling the purchase a “full circle moment.” He plans to stream matches and attend the club’s next home game on Saturday.
