david ornstein david plenty to get
through we're going to begin though with
news that has just started to break in
the last hour or two that this chelsea
takeover led by todd bowley may be in
danger fill us in
yeah rebecca i'll start by being clear
for our audiences and especially chelsea
fans that there is no issue around the
buying consortium the todd bowley-led
group have
no problem at all here they are
continuing with their process and
waiting for approval to go ahead with
this takeover they are the preferred
bidder todd bowley i understand has been
at chelsea's training ground pretty much
every day and in and around the stadium
that part is fine what is a bit of an
issue and this is a real
thing we need to pay attention to is
that
the government of britain who need to
decide that this takeover can go through
are unclear where the proceeds of the
sale 2.6 billion pounds are going to
they say that that money needs to go to
a frozen bank account
which they are satisfied with and then
when the time is right it will go to
victims of the war in ukraine roman
abramovich who of course owns chelsea
and is currently sanctioned by the
british government says that that money
needs to go to a company which is
involved in the ownership of chelsea
the government is not satisfied that
that company is independent of links to
roman abramovich and his family and they
are not happy with that now we've spoken
to people around chelsea and mr
abramovich who deny this government
concern and they say the money is going
to go to a charitable cause as they've
said all along but there is clearly
consternation within government that
needs to be resolved as soon as possible
because chelsea are operating under a
license that expires on the 31st of may
and after that the premier league in
early june will decide and give licenses
to the clubs to play in the premier
league next season this needs to be
sorted imminently and as i said on nbc
previously this is an existential threat
to chelsea they'll hope it's resolved
wow a little hiccup okay for chelsea
fans let's not hope it's too big
manchester united we know have a new
manager we thought starting this summer
but no am i right david
eric tenharg has terminated his contract
with iax following the end of their
domestic season they won the dutch
league title again and they're going
away on a postseason break a celebration
he is not going with them he is going to
be starting work with manchester united
now there were reports that he will be
in manchester from today they are
inaccurate uh he may be in the uk this
week but he's not going to be in
manchester because there's still one
week to go in the premier league season
ralph ranyek will be in charge like he
has been for a number of months now on
an interim basis
finishing with manchester united's match
at crystal palace on sunday then eric
tenharg will take over formally
and he will come to manchester and get
on with work now the work that he is
getting on with is largely around
backroom staff we've talked about that
before with mitchell vanderhaag being
his main assistant maybe steve mclaren
too and a couple of others who may stay
at manchester united and others who may
come in and then transfers crucially as
well manchester united i imagine we'll
make three or four transfers this summer
don't believe all of the hundreds of
names you read across the media
and i think they would like to get one
in sooner rather than later but these
things take time a few weeks and nothing
is close just yet but they do want to
sign frankie diong from barcelona he is
on eric tenharg's list but
it's not that easy rebecca you need
agreement from barcelona you need
agreement from frankie deyoung
conversations are taking place but not
formal talks yet and nothing is set in
stone and then they will work on other
positions as well it's a time of huge
change at manchester united we've
detailed it
throughout here on nbc but finally soon
we're going to see eric tenharg i would
imagine you'll see him on your
television screens next week and he's
just putting the
first building blocks in place behind
the scenes just this week now the
biggest summer you'd have to say for
united in probably a decade now let's
talk title race something united wish
they were involved in with city dropping
points at west ham at the weekend it did
open a door didn't it for liverpool to
go
really at this title race now to try and
get that quadruple and so they're
bringing somebody back to anfield to
help with the cause explain more
they are indeed rebecca do not
underestimate the importance liverpool
are placing on the next fortnight in the
premier league but also the champions
league final on may the 28th and
understandably they have some physical
concerns it's taken its toll this season
currently we see star names like mo
salah virgil van dijk and fabinho out
now liverpool's medical team this is to
take nothing away from them at all it's
not a slight on them but jurgen klopp
has wanted to bring
somebody who was with the club
previously between 2017 and 2020 which
it was a successful period two champions
league finals one of them was victorious
against tottenham and of course the
premier league title in 2020 um his name
is christopher rubeck he's a
physiotherapist he was extremely popular
with the players and he worked very
closely in particular with mo salah and
virgil van dijk
now he went back to his native germany
to be with his family but now liverpool
have managed to um hold some talks with
him and get to the verge of an agreement
for him to come back in immediately
nothing to do with next season just yet
it's now and liverpool want him to come
in and work with their players and try
and get them in the best possible
physical condition for this
crucial run into the end of the season
so it's a bit of an unusual step but
liverpool made a move in the january
transfer window with louis diaz coming
in
and now they're bolstering their
backroom staff too it's
close to being done and it would be
typical of liverpool wouldn't it just to
cover every base as they try to be the
best indeed anything they can do to try
and make history our thanks to david
onstein brilliant insight as ever
hi there i'm rebecca lowe studio host
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