bbc sport centre. marc is there with the latest. thank you, matthew. we will start with football. manchester united manager erik ten hag says his squad are together , dimissing suggestions he has a split dressing room. united are seventh in the premier league and bottom of their champions league group. adding to the mix, the club took the unusual step of excluding four media organisations from their scheduled news conference on wednesday after reacting furiously to reports up to half of the squad were either unhappy with ten hag or his training and tactics. they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. i think we have another relationship and they can give that to us beforehand. we have a normal and a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always, in every team, players who are less playing, less happy, but this is no different as normal. we have seen our first premier league sacking of the season. we
they should come to us first and not go around our back. printing articles, that is not the right thing. we have another relationship and then they can give that to us beforehand. we can have a professional discussion and debate about it. there are always players in every team who are not playing as much and who are less happy, but this is no different to normal. chris wilder s back at sheffield united and said he s more enthusiastic and determined than he s ever been in his life. the club confirmed his appointment, following the sacking of paul heckingbottom on tuesday. he s been appointed on a contract until the summer of 2025. wilder takes charge with the blades rooted bottom of the table. they lost 5 0 against fellow strugglers burnley on saturday with their next game on wednesday against liverpool. wilder, whose last spell in charge was in 2021, said in today s news conference at times you have to feel the failure and feel the pain to make you better. mikel arteta