{"id":2286,"date":"2026-03-04T03:06:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news678.top\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:06:40","slug":"ksi-buys-english-football-team-and-reveals-premier-league-target-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=2286","title":{"rendered":"KSI buys English football team and reveals Premier League target | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/SEI_284704393-b790.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27209108\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 12: KSI attends the Britain's Got Talent Series 19 Launch at the Ham Yard Hotel on February 12, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Kate Green\/Getty Images)\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>KSI says he wants to guide Dagenham and Redbridge to the Premier League (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>KSI has announced that he has purchased a part of non-league football club Dagenham and Redbridge.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old YouTube streamer-turned boxer, whose real name is Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji, has bought a 20 per cent stake in the Essex-based side.<\/p>\n<p>Dagenham and Redbridge currently play in the National League South, which is the sixth tier of the English football league system and two promotions away from the Football League.<\/p>\n<p>In a video announcing his latest purchase, the Britain\u2019s Got Talent judge says his aim is to guide Dagenham and Redbridge to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve done boxing, music, YouTube content, I\u2019ve been around the world, I\u2019m a man that does whatever he wants, you can never stop doing what you want. I\u2019m going to buy Dagenham and Redbridge Football Club,\u2019 KSI said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ksi\/video\/7613060388883827970\" data-video-id=\"7613060388883827970\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> @ksi <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m so excited to start this journey. It\u2019s gonna be a rollercoaster for sure but I hope to bring Dagenham and Redbridge back to the glory days. For those of you that are OG fans (Race to Division One), you\u2019ll know that this is a full circle moment for me. So join me on this exhilarating adventure and I\u2019ll see you all at Victoria road this Saturday! I\u2019ll be streaming too haha @The Daggers <\/p>\n<p> \u266c original sound \u2013 KSI <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u2018The idea excites me so much. I saw the happiness, the joy, I want to bring that back and surpass it. I want the place to be pumping, be an event when you come here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tYour football fix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p><strong>Metro<\/strong>&#8216;s Head of Sport James Goldman delivers punchy analysis, transfer talk and his take on the week&#8217;s biggest stories direct to your inbox every week.<\/p>\n<p>Sign up here, it&#8217;s an open goal.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u2018Playing a video game and owning a football club is very different but with Race to Division One it was a journey but in the end I did it. With this club I want to do the unthinkable, I want to take Dagenham and Redbridge to the Premier League.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-1318197652-155f.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27209468\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Dagenham and Redbridge currently play in the sixth tier of English football (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>KSI, who is a boyhood Arsenal fan, also wrote: \u2018I\u2019m so excited to start this journey. It\u2019s gonna be a rollercoaster for sure but I hope to bring Dagenham and Redbridge back to the glory days.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018For those of you that are OG fans [Race to Division One], you\u2019ll know that this is a full circle moment for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018So join me on this exhilarating adventure and I\u2019ll see you all at Victoria road this Saturday! I\u2019ll be streaming too haha.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dagenham and Redbridge were in the Football League for nine years before their relegation in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>They currently sit 13th in National League South and five points off the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this,\u00a0check our sport page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Follow Metro Sport for the latest news on <meta charset=\"utf-8\"\/><br \/>\n<strong>Facebook,\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Metro_Sport\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Instagram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" href=\"#common-right-arrow\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"mor-link\" data-track-module=\"mor-link_article\">MORE: Paul Merson makes prediction for Brighton vs Arsenal and Newcastle vs Man Utd<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\"><svg><title>Arrow<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-right-arrow\" 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