jim radcliffe, one of britain's _ for sports washing. radcliffe, one of britain's richest man who. one of britain's richest man who owns any of us and has invested in a number of sports. they have long protested against the current owners, the american blazerfamily who announced last year that they'd consider selling the club. now, the battle to buy it is firmly under way. in just over five months the women's football world cup gets under way — the full line up of teams in new zealand and australia is still to be finalised. 10 teams are competing in the play—offs in new zealand for the final three places at this summer's tournament. one of them is papua new guinea, who have never qualified for a world cup. they have former manchester city defender spencer prior in charge and he's been speaking to dan ogunshakin. the response a man and new guinea, they're dreaming of the big time. they face panama on sunday in the first of potentially two playoff matches with a place in australia and new zealand up for grabs. but this is unfamiliar territ

the british billionaire jim radcliffe has still expressed an interest and is still the early stages bute. �* , . , stages but this is a significant move. , ., rishi sunak has met leaders of northern ireland's political parties in a bid to end the deadlock over the post—brexit trade deal known as the northern ireland protocol. the prime minister said there was still work to do but sources suggest an agreement could be reached as early as next week. under the protocol, which came into force in 2021, goods are checked to see that they comply with eu rules before entering northern ireland, effectively creating a border here in the irish sea. it means those goods can travel freely from northern ireland to the republic of ireland, which remains in the eu, avoiding a hard border between the two. that has always angered unionists in northern ireland, who say they've been cut off from the rest of the uk. until the protocol is changed, they've refused to enter into power—sharing at stormont, leaving northern ireland without a government. our ireland correpsondent emma vardy has the latest. it's d

billionaire jim radcliffe is also in the running working with goldman sachs to raise money to make a. but this is a really strong number. frankly, it is as strong as we understand the glazer family was originally looking for. they were looking for $6 billion. again, this is the most valuable english premier league team. if you talk to analysts that do these valuations, roughly $6 billion. but we have to acknowledge there are challenges with respect to qatar already owning psg, whether these two teams can play against each other. manus: it's going to be an interesting one to see the glazers and the qataris go head to head. we have gotten the news that mubadala and be qataris could be chasing an nba team. what do we now? >> what happened was the nba board of governors is allowing sovereign wealth funds to buy up to 20% states. qia and mubadala even more interested in these teams. manus: the time has run against us. we will keep an eye on the nba and breaking news stories across the terminal. the rest of the day is about the munich security conference. as a business owner, your bottom l

here are some of the candidates said jim radcliff is publicly expressed interest. he's estimated to be worth more than $7000000000.00 and owns that chemical company in the us. a consortium of country investors are expected to make a bid with it cut sports investments officials assisting their preparations. according to reports i kiss i of course, they own python as your man. there also reports that private groups in saudi arabia could make a bid. the country's public investment fund already owned 80 percent of new castle united. we've been speaking to simon chadwick, who's a professor sport and geopolitical economy. and he explains why taking of united provides more than just financial benefits to invest. united is now come to a pivotal moments. i think it's come to a poor pivotal moment for 2 reasons. the 1st one is it's very clear that the glazes and, and possibly u. s. private equity. investors in general do not have the resources to be able to compete with the, the, the, the golf clubs and, and i'm thinking particularly here of manchester city are signs you're

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i wonder why john radcliff and congressman jim jordan join us next to answer that. >> stay there. what a privilege it is for you to have me here. this evening. ladies and gentlemen. don't worry. i'm going to get them tonight. we learn to get along, for god's sake. get them apologized. help now and finally, dear abc ,i can't believe this is how you kids talk to your friends. this is talking. did you have a nice day? look at the size of these butterfly shrimp. just normal for shrimp. >> what now? she's talking diamonds. >> the jewelry exchange. lowest price over half carat pendants to forty nine one carat studs to ninety nine to carat solitaires. fourteen ninety thousands of diamonds, the third lowest price ever guaranteed. the jewelry exchange direct. >> over five million people >> over five million people have fallen in love with arite portable blender. glenn gets you could ing icerede cashing big blender power on the go so you can throw in your favorite ingredients and blend up a delicious smoothie any timwater, a drop og smoothie any timwater, a drop og bland gets you, evene cle

from jim radcliffe and the other is coming from qatar, following the world cup. former of the country and goes by the initials hbj commonly. he has not had an international -- and was on the board of credit suisse for many years. they count the sovereign wealth fund as one of their top vestments. he is involved in the big initiatives. his company and the sovereign wealth fund have invested in it. we do know the bid seems to be debt free and also for 100% of the team as well. guy: how does it compare and contrast for the offer from radcliffe? alex: the shares carrying greater voting rights, which is a capital investment and no one of the club -- and no running of the club. it looks like there will be a debt component to that, which the qatari bid, the same as they made is quite keen to play up because the big bone is that manchester fans have is that they are hemorrhaging money to service debt obligations. it was debt funded. so the qatari's are trying to play that angle up because they say they will invest in the things they like. guy: he is a local fan? alex: he

fans at the heart of manchester, united once more, british billionaire, jim ratcliffe went public with his interest last month, radcliffe already owns clubs in france and switzerland and tried to buy chelsea last year. groups from saudi arabia and united states could also join the concepts at this stage. any offers a non binding. it gives the chance to gauge the level of interest. well, let's say now from simon chadwick, a professor of sports and geo politics. when just why the club has been put up for sale, united is now come to a pivotal moments. i think it's come to a poor pivotal moment for 2 reasons. the 1st one is it's very clear that the glazes and, and possibly u. s. private equity investors in general do not have the resources to be able to compete with the, the, the golf clubs and, and i'm thinking particularly here of manchester city, party signs a mile. but the 2nd thing is, is if united is going to grow it's revenues even further, it needs a new stadium. and so ask the glazes are going to take the club any further. they're going to have to make some very, very serious and significant investments in stadium

simone: jim ratcliff by the way owns a soccer league in nice so he is not without conflicts either. both radcliffeatari's are going to get a lot of information, confidential information about manchester united's revenues, extra details. they'll be watching out for some decisions on ua for but we are looking for the potential for a dark horse candidate that we have not heard about yet to have submitted a bid by friday. we may hear more details if there does end up being one. ultimately, the big question is are the numbers that the qatari investors and radcliffe and anyone else have offered, are they enough for the family? there are reports about how much they wanted. some say august -- up to 6 billion pounds. the initial bids from qatar and the others are likely a little bit less than that. tom: 6 billion? wow, that would be a record i believe. simone oxman indo heart. -- simone foxman in doha. thank of japan's, mia is saying there's a lot of work to be done. they are going to address exit challenges and it is difficult to judge of the timing of the exit of course of the monetary easing of the boj'