has christmas come early for manchester united fans or not? a deal is finally agreed for british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe to buy a stake in the club. no festive joy for chelsea beaten for the eighth time in the premier league this season but it s all smiles for wolves. and rangers win at motherwell to close in on cetlic and the top of the scottish premierhship. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. so much for a quiet sporting christmas eve. it s been announced in the last few hours that british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe has agreed to buy a 25% worth a little over £1.25 billion in manchester united. the news comes over a year after the club s owners, the glazers, stated they were considering selling. ratcliffe s ineos group will take control of united s football operations and provide over £230 million in future investement into old trafford. our sports editor dan roan reports. when sirjim ratcliffe toured old trafford earlier this year, the british billion
has christmas come early for manchester united fans? a deal is finally agreed for british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe to buy a stake in the club. no festive joy for chelsea, beaten for the eighth time in the premier league this season, but it s all smiles for wolves. and rangers win at motherwell to close in on cetlic at the top of the scottish premierhship. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. so much for a quiet sporting christmas eve. it s been announced in the last few hours that british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe has agreed to buy a 25% stake worth a little over £1.25 billion in manchester united. the news comes over a year after the club s owners, the glazers, stated they were considering selling. ratcliffe s ineos group will take control of united s football operations and provide over £230 million in future investement into old trafford. our sports editor dan roan reports. when sirjim ratcliffe toured old trafford earlier this year, the british billionaire
here s our sports editor dan roan. when sirjim ratcliffe toured old trafford earlier this year, the british billionaire was hoping to buy manchester united. instead, he ll become a minority shareholder of the club he says he s always supported. the founder of petrochemicals giant ineos, ratcliffe s already invested in sailing and cycling teams and owns a third of mercedes in formula 1. the owner of two football clubs, including nice in france, manchester born ratcliffe last year failed in a bid to buy chelsea, some would argue you should be trying to buy the club that you grew up supporting. yes, i mean, i can understand that but manchester united s not for sale. with its rich history. they were supreme soccer champions of europe. legendary players. ca nto na! and dominance under managerial great sir alex ferguson, united became a commercial powerhouse with a global fan base. but since 2005 been owned by the glazer family and after years of protests by fans unhappy with the c
over chelsea in a party atmosphere at the etihad stadium on sunday. city were confirmed as champions on saturday without even kicking a ball after nottingham forest beat arsenal, and that result allowed manager pep guardiola to make nine changes from the side that thrashed real madrid to get into the champions league final. to get into the champions leaaue final. ~ ., ~ ., league final. we all know when it comes to league final. we all know when it comes to manchester - league final. we all know when it comes to manchester city, i it comes to manchester city, the players and the fans know what that winning feeling is. remarkable when you consider in early april there were eight points behind arsenal and fair enough, arsenal have faulted towards the end of the season but manchester city have gone on an amazing run. 15 games unbeaten including 12 wins. this trophy, though, is only the first in pep guardiola s masterplan. first week ofjune they re in the fa cup against manche
and that result allowed manager pep guardiola to make nine changes from the side that thrashed real madrid to reach the champions league final. 0ur sports correspondent nesta mcgregor has more. well, we all know when it comes to manchester city, the players and the fans know what that winning feeling is. remarkable when you consider in early april there were eight points behind arsenal. fair enough. arsenal have faltered towards the end of the season, but manchester city have gone on an amazing run 15 games unbeaten, including 12 wins. today they rested the likes of erling haaland, kevin de bruyne, jack grealish and john stones. you know, real, real quality players that have shown the depth of their squad. this trophy, though, is only the first in pep guardiola s masterplan. first week ofjune they re in the fa cup against manchester united. then a week later, the big one in istanbul, the champions league final against inter milan, going for what will be an incredible historic