good evening i'm tulsen toilet and this is your sports news where transfer deadline day has come to an end. and taking it up to the wire were big spenders chelsea. they finally got their man enzo fernandez the world cup winner with argentina. the 105 million pounds offered will be the highest transfer fee paid by a british club. chelsea have already signed six players this month, and taken another on loan. it will take their spending past half a billion since the club's new american owners took over. dan roan reports. he may bejust he may be just 22 but enzo fernandez is already a world cup winner. the

argentine midfielder we emerging as one of the stars of the world cup. the youngster he'd just a handful of matches at benfica and was signed for what seems to be a bargain. josie have made the most expensive signing in british football at the fee of 400 and £5 million. it is fee of 400 and £5 million. it is a lot of money _ fee of 400 and £5 million. it is a lot of money but _ fee of 400 and £5 million. it is a lot of money but not _ fee of 400 and £5 million. it is a lot of money but not new - fee of 400 and £5 million. it is a lot of money but not new for - fee of 400 and £5 million. it is a i lot of money but not new forjosie. certainly for the new owners. if certainly for the new owners. [f josie certainly for the new owners. josie finds certainly for the new owners. if josie finds thought that the departure of rome on abramovich would mean a more frugal approach. then he not have worried. the new american owners splurging over the last two transfer windows. the? american owners splurging over the last two transfer windows. they said all those minutes _ last two transfer windows. they said all those minutes of— last two transfer windows. they said all those minutes of going _ last two transfer windows. they said all those minutes of going to - last two transfer windows. they said all those minutes of going to have i all those minutes of going to have to be _ all those minutes of going to have to be a _ all those minutes of going to have to be a lot — all those minutes of going to have to be a lot more frugal but it feels like we're — to be a lot more frugal but it feels like we're back in 2003 again. we have _ like we're back in 2003 again. we have treated the winter window like

it's a summer window.— it's a summer window. stained tent in the table — it's a summer window. stained tent in the table it _ it's a summer window. stained tent in the table it seems _ it's a summer window. stained tent in the table it seems hard - it's a summer window. stained tent in the table it seems hard to - it's a summer window. stained tent in the table it seems hard to look i in the table it seems hard to look at the _ in the table it seems hard to look at the future _ in the table it seems hard to look at the future but _ in the table it seems hard to look at the future but i _ in the table it seems hard to look at the future but i think— in the table it seems hard to look at the future but i think what - in the table it seems hard to look at the future but i think what is l at the future but i think what is been _ at the future but i think what is been doing _ at the future but i think what is been doing no— at the future but i think what is been doing no makes- at the future but i think what is been doing no makes fans - at the future but i think what is - been doing no makes fans excited. i been doing no makes fans excited. ukraine or striker was also brought in for an unusually long contracted to spread the cost and help the club comply with financial fairplay regulations. comply with financial fairplay regulations-_ comply with financial fairplay regulations. you take a player that's worth — regulations. you take a player that's worth £100 _ regulations. you take a player that's worth £100 million - regulations. you take a player that's worth £100 million over regulations. you take a player i that's worth £100 million over a five-year— that's worth £100 million over a five—year contract instead of putting _ five—year contract instead of putting that hundred million pounds into your— putting that hundred million pounds into your financial reports you will put into your financial reports you will but down — into your financial reports you will put down the unamortized value only charging _ put down the unamortized value only charging £20 million per year. that and it— charging £20 million per year. that and it was— charging £20 million per year. that and it was you to flex at your financial muscle a bit more. premier leaaue financial muscle a bit more. premier league clubs — financial muscle a bit more. premier league clubs have _ financial muscle a bit more. premier league clubs have spent _ financial muscle a bit more. premier league clubs have spent more - financial muscle a bit more. premier league clubs have spent more this l league clubs have spent more this month than the five other european lease combined. this window only enforcing the english topsides dominance of the transfer market. going the other way, and leaving

stamford bridge hakim ziyechjoining paris sanint germain on loan until the summer. and a permanent move for italian midfielderjorginho. chelsea have agreed a 12 million pound dealfor him to move to london rivals arsenal. jorginho said he was a "bit surprised" at the move, but he called an "amazing challenge". it's also the women's transfer deadline today, the window for domestic transfers in the wsl closed at 5pm, and the big news surrounded england forward alessia russo. arsenal were told by manchester united that russo is not for sale at any price after rejecting a second world record bid of almost £500,000 for the player. russo's contract is up in the summer. for the rest of the transfer news you can check out the bbc website/ port. newcastle united reached theirfirst cup final since 1999 by overcoming southampton in the efl cup

at an ecstatic st james' park. where going to wembley. you have to delve deep into the archives for the last time newcastle won a major domestic trophy. in 1955. after so many sterile years there fans have reason to dream again. i—0 many sterile years there fans have reason to dream again. 1—0 up from the first leg newcastle soon had another local hero to celebrate. four minutes in an newcastle had the perfect start and it would get even better as a long staff and newcastle dominated. times are changing on tyneside and here for the rive was their new £45 million man anthony gordon but something weren't about to wave newcastle off the wembley. southampton not giving up yet. so search for second half goes and were given a glimmer of hope when bruno

guimaraes saw a red for this. but newcastle, as they have done so often as they have done this season. found a way through. since james is part of erupted and their weight is over. the new cusses owners promised better days when they over. the new cusses owners promised better days when they took over. the new cusses owners promised better days when they took over. over. the new cusses owners promised better days when they took over. few would've predicted the transformation to be as rapid as this. after phasing regulation last season newcastle are now flying high in the league and are in their first wembley final in nearly a half—century. i think as humans you think you want something and then you achieve gets into the final which is what we wanted and you go i'm not happy with that. we've got to win it. so, i think that is a great thing and i want my players to feel the same way. that can wait now and i think that has to be at the back of our

minds are not the forefront of our minds. in the forefront of our mind is west time. there was oen fa cup fourth round replay tonight and it took until the 100 hundreth minute to be decided. the all championship tie between birmingham city and blackburn ended goal less after 90 minutes and the deciding goal came in extra time, through an own goal from auston trusty... so blackburn through to the fifth round, where they will travel to leicester city. and one game in the scottish premiership tonight elie youan put hibs ahead on the half hour mark. yan dhanda scored straight from a corner to earn a draw for ross county. hibs are fifth in the league, ross county move up to ninth. to rugby union where warren gatland has named his welsh side to face ireland at a sold out principality stadium in the opening round of the six nations on saturday. leigh halfpenny will return and make a first wales start for 19 months after a serious knee injury and joe hawkins makes his six nations debut at inside centre. gatland has decided he'll partner the nation's most capped men's international back george north in the midfield. alun wynjones starts,

while dann biggar is back at fly half after missing the autumn internationals. england open their campaign against scotland at twickenham on saturday. they'll be a fresh look to the home side with a new coaching team who are impressed by what they've seen so far. there is a freshness about the players at the minute. i have been enormously impressed and how diligent and hard working and profession of the group have been. but also i think they have enjoyed the training and they know it's has been tough and purposeful, and we are trying to prepare for a wonderful side that will be pinned against this weekend. that wonderful side that will be pinned against this weekend.— against this weekend. that is all the sunport _ against this weekend. that is all the sunport for— against this weekend. that is all the support for now _ against this weekend. that is all the support for now and - against this weekend. that is all the support for now and you - against this weekend. that is all the support for now and you can j against this weekend. that is all - the support for now and you can find more on all those stories including transfer deadline day at the bb sports website. until next time goodbye.

england's world cup is over. the aftermath of england's quarterfinal defeat to france at last year's world cup in qatar. manager gareth southgate admitted afterwards he felt conflicted over his future. a week later, the fa announced he would continue. but now for the first time, he's explained his decision. meeting me at the team's training base, st george's park to reveal why he remained in charge. gareth, great to see you here today. i must ask, first of all, how close did you come to walking away from the job and how difficult a decision was it to stay? no, not difficult. 0bviously, i'm contracted to 2024. my only concern after last summer,

really, was that when there feels like there might be division between what the fans want and where my position might have been, that that can affect the team. and i was conscious of that leading into the world cup, and ifelt we had great support going into the world cup. but i was conscious how would things be during and after the world cup? because i never want to be in a position where my presence is affecting the team in a negative way. and i didn't believe that was the case, but ijust wanted a period after the world cup to reflect and make sure that was that was still how it felt, really. how much soul searching did the decision involve, gareth? did you fluctuate at all between deciding to stay and leave? no, not after the world cup. in the lead in, that was

a little bit different. i wasn't quite sure how things would play out and i think it's always right tojudge an international manager on their tournaments. so, did i think that we overachieved? no. do i think we underachieved? no, i don't. i think our performances were good. i think the game with france going into it is a 50—50 game, which i think everybody would consider france to be one of the best teams in the world with the depth of talent they have. but, of course, across the flow of that game, that's the game we should win. but small margins make a difference, and we've got to make sure now that those small margins are turned in our favour. so, going into the world cup was that night at molineux injune when england lost to hungary and you received criticism from some fans. was that playing a major role in your thought process going into the world cup? and if so, why? because i was worried after that game that the team would be affected

by the narrative being constantly about should the manager stay or go. and i felt when we went into the games in september we were a little bit anxious, i thought at wembley against germany the crowd weren't against the team, but they were waiting to see what happened. and i've been around teams where that can inhibit performance, and the last thing you want as a manager is that your presence is divisive and inhibits performance. so, i knew i had support with the players and how they were responding to things and i knew i had support of the organisation. so, those things are calm, but i think there are bigger things at stake with england than just having the support of those people at certain times. so, at that stage, before the world cup, would you say that you were feeling you were more likely to leave than stay before the tournament? no, i was totally focused

on the tournament and determined to enjoy it, determined that we wanted to give it the best possible shot, and let's see where it goes and make a decision after, because you need to give yourself time in these situations to make good decisions. i think it's easy to rush things when emotions are high, and very often you've got to sleep a little bit more and come to the right conclusions. most people agree that you have breathed new life into the england team. you've reinvigorated it during your time in charge. so, did it come as a major disappointment, maybe even shock, that you received the criticism that you did after that result against hungary? no, football is as it is. and you can't lose a game 4—0 at home with england and expect people to be happy about the outcome. so, yeah, i've been in the game long enough to know how fans will react at certain times,

and i'm comfortable with that from a personal perspective. my thinking is always around, how does this affect the team? is this going to give the team the best chance going into the world cup, for example? do we need to free that narrative up so that the support is behind the team and notjust debating whether the manager should be there or not? but i think we came through that period. we've started to score goals again and reminded ourselves of what we could be at our best. and that was very much the mindset we went into the tournament with. and was there a real sense after the world cup of unfinished business? that it would be painful, perhaps, to see somebody else come and take over the role and perhaps benefit from all the hard work that you'd been putting into it for some time? again, i don't have a problem with whatever the succession might be and england doing well once i've gone because no manager

is going to be around forever. you would have missed it, right? 0h, iwould have. i mean, it's a privilege to do the role and i feel the team are still in the process of improving. we've got some exciting players who are getting better, where we're able to play closer to our best level in these knockout games now. we're playing with a lot more freedom in those moments. and, you know, that's a good thing. we're getting more experience of those latter stages of tournaments, which for the next generations is going to be important. the expectations are higher, and that's a good thing. but i'm never worried about somebody else taking over and benefiting. that's how it should work. we're talking about building a future for england for now, for the next few months, for the next tournament. but also beyond that, that's always been the body of work here. so, if you can identify one single thing that proved decisive in your decision to stay,

what would it be? um, that i think we're continuing to improve as a team. and i think people could see the quality of the performances and the progress that we're making. um, you know, ifeel confident. i've been to three tournaments now. were, outside of france, and you could argue croatia, have had two good world cups, but if you put euros in that, we've probably been as consistent as any team in terms of our finishes and where we are. and i think people have enjoyed that journey with us and i feel that we can still go into the euros and we've got to qualify first. so, we can't just talk about winning a tournament until you've qualified, but i feel very confident about our chances in that tournament. gareth, were there ever times when you felt in the aftermath of the france defeat that you had perhaps taken the team

as far as you could, and that change may be good for the side as well as yourself? no, i didn't feel that. i think that if anything, the opposite, you know, i think that we're much closer now to really having that belief to win. we've still got a small step to take. the margins of that game were really fine, but in the end games are won and lost in those key moments. and we didn't defend well enough in the goals they scored, and we had opportunities to score at the other end that we have to take to win those games. but across the tournament, the level of the performances were good. so, i saw progress in the team from our performances in the euros, even though in the euros we got to a final. and in this tournament, if you'rejustjudging on where we finished in terms of the round, not quite as successful.

there will inevitably be some fans, however, who would have liked a change, who would have perhaps felt that you've taken it as far as you can, but to get over the line and get this generation of england players the silverware that many feel they deserve, it would have been perhaps good to have a change. if our performances weren't at the level they had been, then i think that that would have a little bit more of a legitimacy in that argument. i think we're all gaining belief in what we're doing. any regrets? looking back now with the benefit of a few weeks, there was some who said maybe you could have brought on the likes of marcus rashford a little earlier in that final reckoning against france. his form since perhaps supports that view. and do you think that's fair? any regrets? i don't really, you know, the flow of the game. france scored their goal in a period where we were having probably one of our best periods in the game. and, we'd got the equaliser. we were progressing well. we were in the process of bringing those players on when they scored.

when we made changes, we obviously won the penalty within a few minutes as well. so, what i've learned in this job, whenever the result doesn't go as you hope, then the solution is always the things you didn't do, because of course nobody knows what they might look like. so, i'm comfortable with that. i think we've got good depth. i think we used the squad well. there can always be an argument for a different player providing something at a different time. were you ever tempted by the prospect of a return to club management and were there any offers for you to do so? i think people have known i'm under contract, firstly. so, the question for me was more, you know, what's the situation here with england and is it the right thing to to keep taking this project on? because it's notjust the six years i've been with the seniors. i've been here ten years with developing everything as well. so i wanted to make sure i'm still fresh and hungry

for that similar challenge. and has it taken a toll the last six years? because like never before in this role, you've been asked to notjust manage but also comment on issues beyond the game, especially in the build up to this tournament. did that take its toll on you at all? no, there are there are moments where life would be more straightforward for me if it was just focusing on football. and you are very conscious of the impact of your words and you've got to be representing your country on a global stage. so, there might be a view in our country of certain things, but you've also got to be an ambassador when you travel and when you're dealing with other people. so, it is complex, but it's also been the greatest privilege of my life to lead my country. and i'm very conscious of that honour and it's allowed me to have life experiences i could never have expected, really.

win or lose the euros, realistically, have you managed england at a world cup for the last time, do you think? oh, i've not even thought about that really. i think it's fair to bejudged, as i said before, on the tournament, and maybe we're sitting in two years' time thinking about what's next here. it's very difficult to say. i think fortunately my contract is built in until the december, so the fa and everybody has time to review the next tournament, and to make decisions at the pace that we believe are the right ones. who's impressed you from the squad and beyond since the world cup? i mean, several of your players are in very good form, the likes of rashford and saka, of course, as well. harry kane, obviously, despite what happened equalling the spurs goal—scoring record. how pleased for them and him in particular? yeah, yeah. well, i guess harry will have felt things more acutely than anybody

coming out of the tournament because of having the captaincy of the team as well, as the way things ended with the penalty. but, you know, he has to be assured that firstly, he's our best penalty taker and he's one of the best penalty takers in the world, but even the best are hitting about 85%. so, at some point you're going to have one that doesn't get over the line. and equally, you know, the team didn't lose the game because of that moment. there are moments at both ends of the pitch around that 90 minutes that could have changed the outcome. and also, had he scored that we're still only 2—2 and there's still a lot of the game to be played out. it's the first time, of course, players have had to go back from a major tournament straight into club football. and all of their circumstances are different at clubs. and it's a never ending roller—coaster, really,

for the players. there are moments where they're really in—form, and the next few weeks are important for us to monitor probably more of the players that perhaps haven't been with us as regularly. but then of course, as we go in towards march, then it's really key on who's in form and who can help us to win. what's the crucial game going to naples, and then with ukraine as well. and of course this is fa cup weekend, fourth round. how important is that competition to you, gareth? and i guess it also gives you an invaluable chance to check out how your players are performing. yeah, well, the first thing is that the fa cup is still an incredible competition. we still get those brilliant upsets that we see. equally, from my perspective, a lot of the teams of play have been playing young english players, and for a lot of young english players it's their first experience of competitive football. so that's also great to see young players breaking through. gareth, thanks so much

for your time. appreciate it. pleasure. best of luck this coming campaign. thank you. hello there. on tuesday, most of us did see some sunshine, but there were certainly quite a few showers across the northwest of the country and, generally for northern areas, it started to get quite windy through the afternoon, and those stronger winds were all tied in with this area of low pressure that over the next few hours will be crossing around about the faroes. but there will be some very strong winds just buffeting northern scotland. now, so far, the strongest wind gust i've seen is south uist, 76 mile an hour gusts here. but the winds will probably pick up a little bit further across 0rkney and shetland where we could see gusts of around 70, maybe even 80 miles an hourfor a time over the next few hours. so certainly very, very blowy conditions for northern scotland with those severe gales and with that comes the prospect of some localised transport disruption. so, bear that in mind. now away from those very

strong winds just running across northern scotland, we also have plenty of showers for northern ireland, a few for the north—west of england and wales, but drier weather further south. because it's quite windy though, it's not that cold a start to the day as we head into the first part of wednesday. frost free for most with temperatures around three to five degrees. now for wednesday's charts, that area of low pressure is going to be weakening and moving over towards norway. what follows is quite a gusty flow of north westerly winds and a warm front that's going to make its presence felt across northern ireland, the north west of england and wales and south west scotland. it's across these areas where the weather's going to turn damp, some sunshine for northeast scotland and the cloud probably will break to the east of wales, across the midlands, east anglia and southern counts of england. wherever you are, we're looking at a mild day with temperatures quite widely between nine and 11 degrees. now for thursday, we've got more rain on the way. this time across scotland, for the most part, the rain quite heavy. further southwards, i think you'll notice the cloud tending to build in from the west, but there'll still be probably a few

cloud breaks coming along. so, still a little bit of sunshine. the best of that likely across parts of central and eastern england. temperatures on the mild side reaching a high of 13 degrees or so. and really through the rest of the week, high pressure stays to the south of the uk. we continue to get this feed of mild air in until we get to the weekend where things start to get a little bit cooler. so, temperatures over the next few days will stay into double figures before we start to see that cooler but sunnier weather arriving into the weekend.

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