There is a big delay on the line David. So we'll do our
very best. We're going to start with Burnley. Sean dike fired
on Friday. David
one of the most shocking decisions in years.
What an earth happened.
Yeah, this is the surprise news. Rebecca that none of us
were really expecting. Sean. Daish has been the heartbeat of
Burnley for many years. Now. Almost 10 years. He's been in
charge,
he seems some lows, but actually more height is Led
them to the Premier League twice. He led them into
European competition, to hot top half finishes in
the Premier League. Rebecca. There's even a pub named after
him in Burnley. He's overseeing
the real rebuilding of the training ground and many people
thought that he was their best chance of survival. Or if they
went down that he would be their best chance of coming
back up. But this all hinges, on the new ownership,
american-led
ALK Capital chaired by
Allen Pace. They took over the club in December into January
2020,
in to 2021. And since then, it's been downhill behind
the scenes because they ensure. And I've dies have
differing Visions
around responsibilities around power around recruitment with
ALK. Favoring sort of younger foreign players, Sean daish,
favoring more. Homegrown experienced players,
in fact, his head of recruitment left in that period
and he wanted to go Untold in the summer but he stayed and
signed a new four-year contract. However, this season
has not gone. Well just four wins. Their Four Points above
the relegation Zone.
Sorry inside the relegation Zone away from safety
and Allen Pace felt that they needed to act now or they were
going down and that this at least gives them a chance of
survival. Interestingly. I'm told the decision on Friday
when it was relayed to the players and Sean daish that
day. It was a shock.
To him to wasn't an entire surprise to the players. They
were broadly supportive of it. And now they move on into
the future with an interim coaching staff, including their Captain
been me.
And I can tell you, the interviews are underway for
an interim manager until the end of the season and then Burnley
would like to make a permanent appointment next summer.
They cannot face the prospect of relegation these owners.
They've heat debt on the club in, what was a debt, leveraged
buyout. They need to stay in the top flight. So who will
come in maybe some Buddy, like a Sam. Allardyce, a Wayne
Rooney,
Chris Wilder. Let's see in the coming days. But Sean daish is
gone at Burnley, and it's huge news is and I think also big
news that you said that players were broadly supportive of
that. I think that's surprising. We just heard
James tarkovsky saying that it came as a shock and they
weren't in support. So interesting that it's always
stuff going on. Isn't there Manchester United at looks like
in principle. You broke earlier this week, Eric 10 hog
is going to come in anymore. You have for us David.
When you and I stood on the touch line at the Etihad, last
weekend, Rebecca, we talked about this being Eric 10, Hogs
decision because Manchester United picked him as their
preferred candidate Arrington hog has. Now made the decision.
I broke the story on Tuesday,
that that decision was to join Manchester United. He reached
an agreement in principle verbally to become their new
manager on a contract that will run up to four years. So
I think it's likely to be three years with the option of
a fourth.
What needs to happen now is that Manchester United need to
reach an agreement with his Club iac's? There is a release
Clause but they may negotiate separately to that and
finalize, the terms of the contract and put it into ink
with iac's. Playing today in the Dutch Cup Final.
I don't think that's going to happen until next week.
Everything will be formalized and then they can start
speaking. Even though he will still be with iac's and trying
to win the league title to about transfers about the squad
about preseason plans. About
Coaching staff and plenty more dispersed sides.
So Manchester United are at the end of their recruitment
process. We don't know what's going to happen with Ralph ran.
Yak. Of course, he's in interim charge,
and he may end up leading Manchester United into
the Champions League. All of a sudden with yesterday's victory
over Norwich City and they need to sort out the futures of key
players likes of Paul, Pogba Cristiano, Ronaldo. Even
Marcus Rochford,
man. You Matic Matic has said he's leaving
and they also want to bring NG players into, they want to
bring in a striker couple of midfielders. I revealed early
last week that they are looking at possibly Darwin, Nunez of
Benfica, one of the
three favorite clubs in for him. And that will be a big
deal for them. If they manage to get it. Meanwhile, they've
got plans to redevelop this Stadium. Their fans are angry
and voicing it towards the
ownership. The Glazer family. It's never a dull moment. At
Old Trafford. Is it never a dull moment in the Premier
League? David? We could be on here all day. Just talk about
what's going on. Chelsea were down to three.
Right for the new owners.
Yes, the deadline as we revealed on MBC last week, was
Thursday for best and final offers. There were four parties
in the frame. That is now three because
the Ricketts family who owned the Chicago Cubs have pulled out
citing certain issues in what they describe as being
an unusual
sales process. Make of that what you will but it leaves
the Todd boldly. LED Consortium the martin-brock Broughton brought
brout and depending on which a where you Oz, it fronted bid
and also Stephen palooka who owns the Boston Celtics or
co-owns them,
so it's a three-horse race.
And Rain Bank, who are the
new york-based Merchants Bank in charge of this process
are expected in conjunction with the Chelsea hierarchy to
pick a preferred candidate in the next week or so and
recommend them to the British government and to the Premier
League for approval.
It looks like this process is now finally coming to an end.
We don't have exact dates and it will be Tough process that
the government and the Premier League go through, but it's
expected to be a sale, that's completed in the month of May.
One thing. I revealed last week to was that Marina Grande of
skya. The key director at Chelsea is wanted by all of
the bidding parties to stay on in her role. She's in charge of
Recruitment and transfers at least on an interim basis
and they also have so much to sort out the futures of
azpilicueta, ruediger. Kristensen. Romelu Lukaku even
Thomas took her will He be staying, I suspect he will but
they need to have
that conversation.
Meanwhile, Chelsea are on the pitch today and FA Cup action.
We don't know if this will be the last FA Cup
campaign under Roman Abramovich is ownership. If they lose like
they did in the Euro European Champions League in the week,
then it will be goodbye to those competitions for Roman
Abramovich. This
is coming towards the end of Chelsea, as we knew it, but it
doesn't mean it can't be a more successful or sustainable
future under new ownership. Ownership and we are nearly
there now.