hello and welcome to sportsday with me, marc edwards. we have an exclusive sit down with the new manchester united co—owner for his thoughts on the manchester united rebuild. the british billionaire says he wants a new stadium — one for united and the north of england. it's about time somebody built a national stadium or a stadium that is capable in the north of england rather than the south. elsewhere league leaders liverpool leather luton 4—1 to go 4 points clear at the top of the premier league. could it be ben back bowling. the england captain ben stokes in line to bowl in the 4th test with india.

welcome to sportsday. it's been almost two decades of discontent at the way manchester united has been run. many supporters have wanted change from even before the glazer family took over at old trafford, well they've finally got their wish, well in one way at least. it's not new owners perhaps. but a new co—owner to take control of football operations. sirjim ratcliffe�*s purchase of around 28 percent of the club completed on tuesday. and the british billionaire has given his first tv interview, not done by in house media, to our sports editor dan roan. ratcliffe has been talking about his desire to take united back to the top of english football. and fix what he's called the club's other main issue, old trafford itself, with a new stadium very much on his mind.

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joel and they are despite what she might read in the press, they— she might read in the press, they are _ she might read in the press, they are really nice people and very— they are really nice people and very courteous and they are very. — very courteous and they are very, pretty avid supporters of manchester united, believed or not. many united fans dismayed about_ not. many united fans dismayed about the — not. many united fans dismayed about the level of debt the club — about the level of debt the club is _ about the level of debt the club is been settled with in the on—field decline in the infrastructure and responsible for that, — infrastructure and responsible forthat, standing infrastructure and responsible for that, standing those who anger? — for that, standing those who anger? understand the anger and wasted _ anger? understand the anger and wasted today is looking forward and not — wasted today is looking forward and not looking backwards and so, i_ and not looking backwards and so, i would like to say to them, _ so, i would like to say to them, give us a little bit of time — them, give us a little bit of time and _ them, give us a little bit of time and try to be patient and will try— time and try to be patient and will try to _ time and try to be patient and will try to build manchester united _ will try to build manchester united back to where it should be united back to where it should he as— united back to where it should he as one _ united back to where it should be as one of the very elite clubs_ be as one of the very elite clubs in— be as one of the very elite clubs in europe.— be as one of the very elite clubs in europe. with will be worrisome — clubs in europe. with will be worrisome fans _ clubs in europe. with will be worrisome fans that - clubs in europe. with will be worrisome fans that they - clubs in europe. with will be | worrisome fans that they will remain in ultimate overall control of the nature of this co—ownership, what reassurances can you give them the dual in

practice, work?— practice, work? the cute woodworking _ practice, work? the cute woodworking is - practice, work? the cute woodworking is the - practice, work? the cute - woodworking is the relationship that we — woodworking is the relationship that we will have with joel and it may — that we will have with joel and it may he _ that we will have with joel and it may be a very good interesting relationship —— the key to— interesting relationship —— the key to working relationship. ami — key to working relationship. and my— key to working relationship. and my personal view is that there's— and my personal view is that there's a _ and my personal view is that there's a good level of trust and — there's a good level of trust and it— there's a good level of trust and it will work. what's your latest thinking about old trafford and its future, and the state that it's in? it's tired, frankly, and it's in need of refurbishment. and... you know, there are two main issues in this club, performance on the field and the other one is probably the stadium, and you hear talk about that. there is a kind of big argument in my view for regeneration that whole side of manchester. and within it, a new stadium which would be a world—class state—of—the—art stadium, which could take england games,

it could take the fa cups final, it could take that champions league final, and it can service the north of england. it sounds like your preference, sirjim, is for a new stadium if it can be achieved. if it can be achieved, that would clearly be my priority. i would be very excited for that prospect for the north of england, i think would be an fantastic. sir alex ferguson famously said that his principal objective when in charge of united was to knock liverpool — at the time the pre—eminent side — off their perch, as he put it. times have moved on, you've now got manchester city aiming for a fourth consecutive title. how would you encapsulate, articulate what you want to achieve at united? is it to knock city of their perch? because you have got other clubs — arsenal, liverpool — there is competition everywhere, it seems. how would you put it? i am in exactly the same page as alex ferguson. i want to knock them all off their perch. i mean, alex was a very driven, very competitive individual, and, you know, hejust wanted to win, and that's the only

reason we are there at united. i mean, we are friends in the sense that we are all in the north—west, but they are the enemies, you know. they are clearly our biggest rivals and competitors in the uk. and then obviously you have got two or three clubs in europe. but, no, no, absolutely, that is what we are there for, knocking them off their perch. how far behind are you to them? a long way behind them at the moment, yes. no, we are. one match in the english premier league on wednesday and with manchester city winning their game in hand on tuesday it was over to league leaders liverpool to try and give themselves more breathing room, which is exactly what theyve done moving four points clear at the top of the premier league after coming from behind to beat luton at anfield. having gone into the break i—o downjurgen klopp's side were rampant after half time, their pressure paying off, captain virgilvan dijk powering home a header in the 56th minut before cody gakpo gave liverpool the lead 2 minutes later, luiz diaz added a 3rd and harvey elliott, making his 100th appearance for the club, rounded off a fine second half

with a goal at the end. liverpool 4 points clear of manchester city, who have a game in hand. it's difficult to ask for, you have to feel comfortable in the first chance didn't help in looking at the situations and to give it a try and start again and when the second half and get the point and whatever comes after that and will win the game. we've tried and the boys did exceptionally well and i have to say, those are the best of saul�*s playing and i love it so much. —— i saw us playing. liverpool, i —— i saw us playing. liverpool, i thought — —— i saw us playing. liverpool, i thought they were amazing and turning _ i thought they were amazing and turning the heat up in the noise _ turning the heat up in the noise up— turning the heat up in the noise up and conceding to quick goals, _ noise up and conceding to quick goals, is— noise up and conceding to quick goals, is difficult to recover from — goals, is difficult to recover from that. arsenal were stunned as porto scored in stoppage time to give them the advantage after the first leg of their

champions league last—16 tie. brazilian winger galeno with and exquisite goal from outside the area. the second leg will take place in london on the 12th of march, when arsenal will aim to reach the quarter—finals for the first time since 2010. victor 0simhen meanwhile salvaged a draw for napoli in their first leg tie with barcelona. the nigeria striker making his first start for the club since december. robert lewandowski had earlier given the la liga champions the lead in the 60th minute, but it's all square before the return leg in spain. some big news off the field in germany. it's been confirmed that manager, thomas tuchel, will leave bayern munich at the end of the season. he's going a year earlier than planned as part of "a sporting realignment" at the club. he led bayern to last season's bundesliga title, but they're currently eight points behind leaders bayer leverkusen after back—to—back league defeats. one of those was an emphatic 3—0 loss to leverkusen — whose manager xabi alonso is one of the leading candidates to replace tuchel.

it's delicate because they are still in a fight with leverkusen for his winning the title. maybe xabi would be willing to entertain this more than he would otherwise force that is the number one option but bayern munich understand they will not have a clear run at him. leverkusen want to keep him and there is the added complication of another former club in liverpool. and there's some good news for england ahead of the fourth test against india, which starts on friday. captain, ben stokes, could bowl as long as he recovers well after wednesdays net session. the all rounder hasn't bowled competitively since earlyjuly last year and had an operation on his knee in november. definitely a

i think there is definitely a chance, he not confirmed it yet. they are going to see how he is doing tomorrow, see how he goes. if that's good then hopefully you can see a ball on the other side of the game. carlos alcaraz is confident he will be fit to play indian wells after saying he will be "out of work for a few days" with an ankle injury suffered at the rio 0pen. the world number two was forced to retire two games into his opening match and said tests showed he had sprained the ankle. the 20—year—old spaniard did eventually return to the court but retired soon after. he's due to play rafa nadal in an exhibition match at the start of march. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello there. it looks like it's going to be very wet for the next 2a hours, particularly across england and wales. and that could exacerbate already existing flooding problems there. by the end of the week, as well, it'll be pulling colder air behind the low pressure. on thursday, things will be turning colderfor all areas and any showers will have wintry elements to them across northern and western hills for friday and into the weekend. now, this deepening area of low pressure will move across the country, particularly england and wales, during the course of thursday — a squeeze in the isobars indicating gales for a time. and then you'll see the blue colours invading the whole of the uk behind the system, so it turns colder for all. but through the morning, there could be some issues

with standing water, localised flooding as this rain could be heavy, squally, as it spreads across the midlands, southern and eastern england. maybe some rumbles of thunder on it, strong and gusty winds with that, too. but even as we move out of the morning into the afternoon, we could see another round of heavy rain spreading across central, southern and eastern england. it'll take its time to clear. elsewhere, it's a bright day — sunshine, blustery showers, particularly across northern ireland and western scotland. and there will be some snow falling over the hills, even down to moderate levels across scotland through the course of the day. a blustery day for all areas, very windy with gales across the south—east. by the end of the day, that cold air will be pretty much across the whole of the uk. so we're looking at 4—8 celsius the high. so we've gone out of those double figure values that we've had over the past couple of weeks. it has been very mild indeed. now, as we head through thursday night, it looks like it'll stay cold. there'll be further blustery showers, wintry on the hills in the north and the west, and a touch of frost

in places, particularly where skies are clear. so much colder night to come and a colder start to friday. we hold on to westerly winds, a few troughs enhancing the shower activity across northern and western areas, so plenty of showers rattling into scotland, northern ireland, western england and wales. a few getting in towards the east, but a lot of sunshine here. a blustery day to come for all. there'll be further snow on the hills in northern and western areas. top temperatures, again, ranging from around 7—9 degrees for most. it looks like we keep hold of a ridge of high pressure through the course of saturday and sunday. low pressure just skirts past the south—west, so a bit of a question mark on that. but i think, generally, saturday and sunday, quite a bit of dry weather around some sunshine, a few showers — which will be wintry — over hills.

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