Africa's richest businessman, Aliko Dangote, is being urged to give Arsenal a swerve.

Nigerian billionaire Dangote stated last week he was weighing up a future takeover bid for the Gunners.

But local sports commentator Toyin Ibitoye thinks Dangote should focus his energies on improving football in Africa, rather than pumping cash into one of the world's superpowers.

He is quoted by the Mirror: "Maybe it is the right business decision for him, that is left for him to decide, but we can only appeal to him that while planning and strategising on what he wants to do in terms of buying Arsenal in the future, he could also look inwards as well to help develop our domestic game to the level where the English Premier League is at the moment.

"I mean, what we have lacked in Nigeria is a proper business structure for our clubs, a proper business plan for our clubs. And if a man of Aliko's calibre is interested in setting a structure in place for Nigerian football, that could just be the turnaround that we've been waiting for."