KSI – actual title Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji – has turn into a shareholder in non-league facet Dagenham and Redbridge.
KSI has confirmed he has invested in Dagenham and Redbridge (Picture: Getty Photos)
KSI has revealed that he’s now an proprietor of non-league crew Dagenham and Redbridge. The YouTuber-turned-musician-turned skilled boxer, whose actual title is Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, has turn into a shareholder within the Daggers. The Nationwide League South facet, who compete within the sixth tier of the English soccer league system, are two promotions away from the Soccer League.
KSI’s funding comes scorching on the heels of former England, Liverpool and Newcastle United ahead Andy Carroll additionally turning into a shareholder. A die-hard Arsenal fan, KSI is a key determine within the UK YouTube scene. The 32-year-old boasts over 17 million subscribers and greater than 4 billion views on his main channel.
He’s additionally a member of the YouTube supergroup, The Sidemen, who’ve remodeled content material creation on the platform with their high-quality movies, while additionally branching out into the true world with their very own manufacturers and internet hosting quite a few YouTube charity matches.
In an Instagram submit, he expressed: “I am so excited to begin this journey. It is gonna be a rollercoaster for positive however I hope to deliver Dagenham and Redbridge again to the glory days. For these of you which might be OG followers (Race to Division One), you may know that it is a full circle second for me.
“So be part of me on this exhilarating journey and I am going to see you all at Victoria street this Saturday! I will be streaming too haha @daggersfcofficial.”
Through the video, he stated: “I’ve accomplished boxing, music, YouTube content material, I have been all over the world, I am a person that does no matter he desires, you possibly can by no means cease doing what you need. I’ll purchase Dagenham and Redbridge Soccer Membership.
“The concept excites me a lot. I noticed the happiness, the enjoyment, I wish to deliver that again and surpass it. I would like the place to be pumping, be an occasion if you come right here.
The Daggers competed within the Soccer League as lately as 2016, having fun with a single marketing campaign in League One following their playoff triumph in 2010, however have since dropped down the pyramid, being relegated from the Nationwide League to its southern tier, the place they presently occupy thirteenth place and path the playoffs by 5 factors.
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