Soccer-Rwanda president takes time out to blast Arsenal over Brentford loss

FILE PHOTO: Rwandan President Paul Kagame looks on as he attends a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Presidential Palace in Kigali, Rwanda May 27, 2021. REUTERS/Jean Bizimana

(Reuters) - Arsenal fans are not alone in their disappointment at the north London team's woeful start to the Premier League after the president of Rwanda, the East African nation that is one of the club's sponsors, took to Twitter to blast their performance.

"The game itself aside Arsenal and the fans don't deserve to kind of get used to this....NO !!! (sic)" President Paul Kagame wrote https://twitter.com/PaulKagame/status/1426291510190952462. "It's been a struggle of about decade(s) -ups&downs-more downs until this point."