:00:09. > :00:16.Premier League champions Manchester United are preparing for life
:00:16. > :00:21.without Sir Alex Ferguson. After 27 years in charge, Swansea City will
:00:21. > :00:25.be his final opponents at this ground on Sunday. We will react to
:00:25. > :00:35.the news that rocked the world of all, plus plenty more on tonight
:00:35. > :00:36.
:00:36. > :00:41.Sports Wales will stop. Breaking news, Sir Alex Ferguson has
:00:41. > :00:46.announced he is to retire at the end of the season. He has taken
:00:46. > :00:52.Manchester United to 13 Premier League titles. He has won 36
:00:52. > :00:57.trophies for the club and will become a director and ambassador.
:00:57. > :01:01.Manchester United has announced its new manager will be David Moyes.
:01:01. > :01:09.Well, in a moment, I will be catching up with Manchester United
:01:09. > :01:14.and Wales legend Mark Hughes. First, can Swansea City spoil Sir Alex
:01:14. > :01:18.Ferguson's big Old Trafford farewell? And how does Michael
:01:18. > :01:28.Laudrup reflect on his first season as manager? And what does the future
:01:28. > :01:31.
:01:31. > :01:37.hold? He has been talking to Ian a special, specific club. I don't
:01:37. > :01:42.make lands for the future. I live in the present. -- plans. How many
:01:42. > :01:46.years do you think you will be at Swansea? I don't know, I want to be
:01:46. > :01:51.here next year because I think it's important. I've extended my contract
:01:51. > :01:54.for another year because there were so many rumours every day. I had to
:01:54. > :02:00.answer the same questions all over again. Even if I extend my contract,
:02:00. > :02:10.there are still people that ask me, are you staying here next year? I
:02:10. > :02:11.
:02:11. > :02:15.want to stay here. Pure speculation, like when some of my players are
:02:15. > :02:20.linked to another club, when some players are linked to our club, it
:02:20. > :02:23.is speculation. I don't want to comment on them. If Barcelona or
:02:23. > :02:30.Real Madrid were to come in for you, it's impossible to say no,
:02:31. > :02:35.isn't it? Or is it? It's impossible to answer that question. The
:02:35. > :02:41.question you are asking me, if I say, yes, of course, I can say no,
:02:41. > :02:48.the next day, I can say no to them. But nobody asks me yet. If somebody
:02:48. > :02:53.comes and asks me, I will have to look into it. Still, compare it to
:02:53. > :02:58.what I have, where I am, how I feel. It is like in life. You make
:02:58. > :03:04.of your mind, you take decisions, it takes some days. You talk to people,
:03:04. > :03:10.you think it over and then you decide. Winning a trophy for the
:03:10. > :03:15.first time ever in the history of a club, that's amazing. When we scored
:03:16. > :03:21.the third goal, two or three minutes into the second half, it was such a
:03:21. > :03:29.special feeling, standing on the sideline, knowing, while the game
:03:29. > :03:33.was still on, that we had won the trophy. Spain is a good market.
:03:33. > :03:36.There are a lot of big talent is there. But I know that a lot of the
:03:36. > :03:43.other clubs, they are there as well. They have seen what we have done.
:03:43. > :03:48.Maybe it is our fault, because we, last season, took people in and it
:03:48. > :03:54.was the case of Mitch you as well. -- Michu. They are all trying to
:03:54. > :04:03.find their own Michu. Managers don't want to put a number on it, but do
:04:03. > :04:12.you know? I don't know, if no regulars go, I think we are talking
:04:12. > :04:18.about five or six. Swansea City have hammered a nail into Wigan's
:04:18. > :04:22.coughing with their first away win of 2013. Winning against Wigan was
:04:22. > :04:27.very important, after only winning one game after the cup final. If you
:04:27. > :04:31.play, seven, eight, nine, ten games, without a win, you can bring
:04:31. > :04:35.it into the next season. Now we can have a different view. We could end
:04:35. > :04:41.up being eighth, ninth or 10th. Plus the cup, it would be an incredible
:04:41. > :04:45.year for the club. Who can be prepared to fill shoes like that
:04:45. > :04:52.after 27 years? One thing is the trophies. Thirtysomething? This must
:04:52. > :04:55.be the most difficult job in world football. The most difficult man to
:04:55. > :05:00.replace. This is like an institution. This is what makes it
:05:01. > :05:10.special, his last game at home. I'm very pleased to be there as an
:05:11. > :05:14.
:05:14. > :05:19.Trafford is fantastic. But I have to say, already this season we had some
:05:19. > :05:23.good moments. You asked me about good moments, to play at The
:05:23. > :05:33.Emirates, Stamford Bridge, Anfield, to actually win, that has been some
:05:33. > :05:37.
:05:37. > :05:41.terms with the prospect of a Manchester United and a Premier
:05:41. > :05:45.League without a Sir Alex Ferguson, I am delighted to say that we have
:05:45. > :05:52.been joined by a man who knows him very well. Marcuse. Welcome to
:05:52. > :05:56.Sports Wales. You have played under him, what are your memories of your
:05:57. > :06:02.time with Sir Alex Ferguson? brilliant time, very successful,
:06:02. > :06:06.obviously. Always in his death that he brought me back from Barcelona.
:06:06. > :06:13.My time there had not been great. After a slow start, we started
:06:13. > :06:20.winning trophies. I think the one thing with Sir Alex, in comparison
:06:20. > :06:24.to when I was first there, was the discipline, the demands, what he put
:06:24. > :06:31.onto players was a step up from what I experienced before. It's what we
:06:31. > :06:35.needed at that time. Did you get on with him? A lot had been made of the
:06:35. > :06:39.hairdryer. Did you experience that treatment? I didn't miss out on
:06:39. > :06:49.that. The only person that didn't get it was probably Eric Cantona. He
:06:49. > :06:51.
:06:51. > :06:55.was a special case. He could take exception to the demands that he put
:06:55. > :07:01.it over to you, he could be quite aggressive, as you would imagine.
:07:01. > :07:10.The demands he placed a new enabled you to be a better player. -- placed
:07:10. > :07:15.on you. If you could deal with that, you are a Manchester United player.
:07:15. > :07:21.David Moyes will take over when Alex Ferguson retires. He seems to be cut
:07:21. > :07:28.from the same type of cloth. He had longevity in his last job. I think
:07:28. > :07:32.that is attractive to United. They don't want huge changes. They have a
:07:32. > :07:37.model that is successful and they want to keep repeating it. One man
:07:38. > :07:41.will feel the change more than anybody, Ryan Giggs has not known
:07:41. > :07:47.anybody else at club level. Could you see him becoming part of the
:07:47. > :07:51.coaching set-up sooner or later? Hopefully. I think he would be a
:07:51. > :07:57.huge asset to them, given the success and the career he has had.
:07:57. > :08:01.It would be a great shame if he was not able to impart that knowledge to
:08:01. > :08:09.people that were working their way through the game and trying to get a
:08:09. > :08:14.career, like Ryan, which would be very difficult to replicate. Swansea
:08:14. > :08:19.visit for Sir Alex's last game at Old Trafford. A good time for them
:08:19. > :08:22.to be visiting? I'm not sure about that. Going up against Manchester
:08:22. > :08:27.United in the last few games, anybody might find that a bit
:08:27. > :08:31.difficult, it given the issues surrounding the last games that they
:08:31. > :08:36.have. It could be a difficult fixture. Is he. But they've had a
:08:36. > :08:46.great season and they want to finish on a high. They had a slow end to
:08:46. > :08:51.the season. What have you made of Michael Laudrup? He's done very
:08:51. > :08:55.well. We had experience when they came to Loftus Road on the first
:08:55. > :09:04.game of the season. They have a great model at Swansea, the way that
:09:04. > :09:10.they play. They have a real foundation there now. That is why
:09:10. > :09:18.they have been successful. Michael has come in, a great pedigree, great
:09:18. > :09:22.credibility. He has come in and has not made too many changes in terms
:09:22. > :09:27.of the players. He brought in the likes of Michu, who had a huge
:09:27. > :09:32.impact on the Premier League. It's been a great season for him. Michael
:09:32. > :09:39.Laudrup, that success, there will be other teams looking at him. There
:09:39. > :09:44.are gaps moving up everywhere, can you see him moving on? You'll get an
:09:44. > :09:52.opportunity, just because he's a big name in world oil. He's played in
:09:52. > :09:57.Spain, he's got a huge reputation. -- world football. People abroad
:09:57. > :10:01.will look at his CV and think, well, he could be the man for us. I
:10:01. > :10:04.think Swansea understand that. They've gone through that process
:10:04. > :10:14.before. If they lose him, they'll look for a similar kind of manager,
:10:14. > :10:21.I'm sure. Now, to another Welsh superstar. Last year, Jade Jones's
:10:21. > :10:24.life completely changed when she won gold at the London Olympics. This
:10:24. > :10:34.summer she will attempt to win the European and world titles. So, we
:10:34. > :10:40.
:10:40. > :10:48.sent James Pontin to find out how superstar from North Wales is the
:10:48. > :10:52.Olympic champion. At first it was a bit, what do I do now? I built the
:10:52. > :10:57.Olympics up to such a big thing, just constantly dreaming about it
:10:57. > :11:02.and what it would be like. Then when you have got it it is, like,
:11:02. > :11:09.well... Sort of thing. I took a bit of time out and it took me a while
:11:09. > :11:14.to get mentally sorted again. will always be Jade Jones, Olympic
:11:14. > :11:18.champion. All of these opportunities that I've been getting to do, it
:11:18. > :11:22.doesn't seem like it's me going on all of these TV shows. I got chucked
:11:22. > :11:27.into the depended on it. I've enjoyed it. Did you ever think you
:11:27. > :11:31.would be a celebrity? I would love to star in a martial arts movie.
:11:31. > :11:37.That would be good. Has anything bizarre happened when people come up
:11:37. > :11:43.to you? It's a bit mad, nobody even knew what taekwondo was. Now they
:11:43. > :11:48.know my name, they know the sport. It was really nice. You get a few
:11:48. > :11:54.freaky things, random tweeting and stuff. You get a bit scared to look
:11:54. > :11:58.behind you. I've just had a ridiculous amount of letters through
:11:58. > :12:04.the door. Just saying how well I've done. Random presents. It's a bit
:12:04. > :12:10.bonkers. People asking you out for dates? Funny tweets asking if they
:12:10. > :12:14.can take me out for a burger! A burger? Dealing with the fame under
:12:14. > :12:18.tension has brought other challengers. She is now the person
:12:18. > :12:21.to beat. Since returning to competitive action, she has only won
:12:21. > :12:26.the German open. When I go to the other competitions you can see how
:12:26. > :12:29.much people want to be cute. If they do, they celebrate like it was the
:12:29. > :12:36.world Championships. Everybody wants to beat the Olympic champion. --
:12:37. > :12:42.want to beat you. I'm just taking little goals at the time. I've got
:12:42. > :12:47.the world Championships coming up. I have stuck pictures of the girls I'm
:12:47. > :12:51.going to be fighting up in the world Championships, so that their faces
:12:51. > :12:56.are looking at me. On top, it says, who is training the hardest? They
:12:56. > :13:02.are all out there to beat me. I've just got to remember that I have two
:13:02. > :13:05.train harder so I can be one step ahead. Is there any a point when you
:13:05. > :13:11.go home and think, I am not Jade Jones any more, this is totally
:13:11. > :13:15.different? Know, to me, I feel exactly the same. Even my mum says
:13:15. > :13:21.I'll just stay exactly the same. Some people do change and get
:13:21. > :13:25.overconfident. I think I got less confident after the Olympics. I just
:13:25. > :13:29.feel like I'm just me, no matter how many gold medals, I don't think I
:13:29. > :13:39.will change. More on it today for Jade with Prince Charles presenting
:13:39. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:54.soccer? Robert Earnshaw is now playing in Canada. As Gareth Rhys
:13:54. > :13:55.
:13:55. > :14:05.Owen's discovered, he is loving life in Toronto. Rob Earnshaw started has
:14:05. > :14:15.carrier with Cardiff city 15 years ago. He has had numerous clubs, too
:14:15. > :14:16.
:14:16. > :14:26.many to mention. He then began travelling the world. Initially,
:14:26. > :14:33.
:14:33. > :14:41.Israel, no, Canada. Dash-mac now. You notice how nice that people are
:14:41. > :14:50.there, and how good it is to live here. But the move came at a price.
:14:50. > :14:57.He left his hometown club just as the party started. It was
:14:57. > :15:04.frustrating to sit there, not playing. You need to be playing. If
:15:04. > :15:11.you are not playing, you will not be happy. Was there a part of you that
:15:11. > :15:21.regretted not being a part of it when they clinched promotion?
:15:21. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:29.you are still going to be connected to that. I have come to a good club.
:15:29. > :15:39.I am scoring goals. I you to play football, Stewart to do well.
:15:39. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:47.Dash-mac Ali and see your, here to do well. I will not be looking at
:15:47. > :15:57.retiring any time soon. This is the training centre. It is all
:15:57. > :16:04.
:16:04. > :16:14.high-tech. These are the physios. It makes me proud to say that. This is
:16:14. > :16:18.
:16:18. > :16:25.the dressing room. All the banter. He is a professional goalscorer. Has
:16:25. > :16:34.movement and finishing is terribly. He has been a quality addition.
:16:34. > :16:44.Dash-mac has movement and finishing as great. He has done everything we
:16:44. > :16:53.
:16:54. > :17:03.have ask him to do. I hope we can keep him here. Before a game,
:17:03. > :17:13.normally I get ready, get fresh. lines, for the three goals he will
:17:13. > :17:21.
:17:21. > :17:26.score tomorrow. Now I am ready for the game. Robert Earnshaw is looking
:17:26. > :17:36.to add to his total of five goals in seven games against New York red
:17:36. > :17:41.
:17:41. > :17:48.Bulls. He is my favourite player. can put the ball in the net. He is
:17:48. > :17:56.so good because he scores goals. almost got off to the best start
:17:56. > :18:06.with this cheeky effort. But it was the visitors who got off to a flying
:18:06. > :18:07.
:18:07. > :18:13.start. Toronto pushed hard and got the equaliser with ten minutes left.
:18:13. > :18:21.But New York had the final word, sneaking a 2-1 victory. How
:18:21. > :18:29.important will Rob Earnshaw be to Toronto this season? You guys know
:18:29. > :18:36.about him, I know about him, he is an amazing goalscorer. He will score
:18:36. > :18:46.goals in this league. If you do not attack the ball, he will attack it
:18:46. > :18:51.
:18:51. > :19:01.for you! It did not quite go to plan, but you can be a great asset
:19:01. > :19:03.
:19:03. > :19:08.for Toronto. Coming from a player like TLE Henri, that is amazing.
:19:08. > :19:18.Your Cardiff City contract will end in June. Then you have loaned real
:19:18. > :19:18.
:19:18. > :19:25.will finish also. -- your loan deal. I have virtually left Cardiff
:19:25. > :19:30.already. It will be made official when my contract finishes. I hope to
:19:30. > :19:39.stay there. It is the beginning of a new chapter. I feel like I am 22
:19:39. > :19:48.again. I have energy and a spark. If you do not embrace life here, you
:19:48. > :19:55.are sent packing. It has been amazing. I am wearing shades, we are
:19:55. > :20:01.in Toronto, I am doing it properly! And why you'll Rob Earnshaw was in
:20:02. > :20:07.Toronto, it was a day of celebration for Cardiff city players and
:20:07. > :20:10.supporters with the parade around the capital. They will hope that the
:20:10. > :20:18.party can continue, despite speculation linking Malky Mackay
:20:18. > :20:24.with the newly vacant Everton job. Newport County are preparing to
:20:24. > :20:33.return to the Football League after 25 years in the wilderness. It comes
:20:33. > :20:40.after a 2-0 victory over Wrexham at Wembley in the play-off final.
:20:40. > :20:48.have realised what this could all club means to people. A 65-year-old
:20:48. > :20:57.man came up to me, crying his eyes out. Newport County are proving that
:20:57. > :21:07.dreams come true! Pride has come back to the city. It has been an
:21:07. > :21:11.
:21:11. > :21:18.epic 25 you fight! I am happy to complete the journey! The squad have
:21:18. > :21:25.been celebrating hard. It was an emotional day. I was immensely
:21:25. > :21:31.proud. You dream about and visualise this kind of thing. I always try to
:21:31. > :21:35.visualise good things but I did not realise this could happen. The
:21:35. > :21:42.players deserve all the accolades. They are a fantastic group to work
:21:42. > :21:51.with. They give everything, every day. This standard has been
:21:51. > :21:56.excellent. Plans for the new season got underway as the celebrations
:21:56. > :22:03.were still continuing. It will bring expert patient upon the manager. --
:22:03. > :22:08.expectation. I wanted to keep the squad together. It is a fantastic
:22:08. > :22:17.squad. And add the bits of quality that will make us competitive in the
:22:17. > :22:26.foot volley. -- Football League. I would not change any of it. I have
:22:26. > :22:36.learnt so much along the way. We have grown as a club. Now, to tying
:22:36. > :22:38.
:22:38. > :22:45.up important players. I am confident we can secure everybody we want to.
:22:45. > :22:55.The flip side of the celebrations as the MPhil in Wrexham. -- is being
:22:55. > :23:03.felt. They look ahead to another conference campaign. I congratulated
:23:03. > :23:08.Andy on the good season that they had. They did well to get to the
:23:08. > :23:11.play-off final but unfortunately there is to be a loser. They have
:23:11. > :23:18.shown consistency over the last three years and will be there or
:23:18. > :23:28.thereabouts again. Achieving league status as a one thing, maintaining
:23:28. > :23:29.
:23:29. > :23:36.it will take hard work. I have seen it done before. Teams go in and are
:23:36. > :23:45.competitive. We want to maintain our league status and continue to build
:23:45. > :23:55.what I have started here. Cardiff City, have you kept an eye on them
:23:55. > :24:01.
:24:01. > :24:10.this season? It has been a great season for Welsh football,. Full is
:24:10. > :24:20.-- full stop. We hope that it is nice and calm and all the action is
:24:20. > :24:21.
:24:21. > :24:27.on the pitch! I went to the play-off final. I was disappointed for
:24:27. > :24:35.Wrexham, because it was vitally important for them, but the fact
:24:35. > :24:41.that it was Newport instead was a little bit of corn -- compensation.
:24:41. > :24:46.We must mention Gareth Beale. The plaudits and goals keep coming.
:24:46. > :24:54.Bayern Munich is said to be interested in him. Is it a matter of
:24:54. > :25:03.when, not if, he moves? Financially it is more advantageous to go to
:25:03. > :25:09.Italy and Spain -- it was, when I was playing, that was one of the
:25:09. > :25:16.motivating factors. But Gareth does not have to read the Premier league.
:25:16. > :25:26.-- leave. It is a huge worldwide and has profile would be as big there is
:25:26. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:35.anywhere. Manchester United?I would love to see him in a Manchester
:25:35. > :25:40.United shirt, it would be made to measure. There are very few clubs in
:25:40. > :25:50.world food all however that can afford the amount being put on his
:25:50. > :25:50.
:25:50. > :25:54.head. -- world football. So that made force matters in that respect.
:25:54. > :26:04.What have you made of the efforts of press Coleman with the national
:26:04. > :26:05.
:26:05. > :26:08.team? We all know the tragic situation that got him the job. But
:26:08. > :26:18.with the group of players that he has and the way they are trying to
:26:18. > :26:21.play, hopefully we can finally qualify for a major championship. It
:26:21. > :26:28.gets more difficult every year because of the lack of qualification
:26:28. > :26:38.but we will keep our fingers crossed. At some point, it has two
:26:38. > :26:44.happen. There are people watching who will wonder what you are doing
:26:44. > :26:52.next and when we can see you next on the touchline? Sooner rather than
:26:52. > :26:59.later. I was disappointed to lose my last position. We did very well to
:26:59. > :27:07.stay in the league the previous station with -- season, with only 17
:27:07. > :27:14.games bash that was a huge job, to achieve that. But that is down to
:27:14. > :27:21.results. If you do not get them, you are under pressure. But I felt I
:27:21. > :27:25.should have been given more time. Everybody understood what we were
:27:25. > :27:35.attempting to do. We had to clear out deadwood and change the
:27:35. > :27:37.
:27:37. > :27:43.mentality of the entire club. It just depends what happens, the
:27:43. > :27:53.taming, when one manager leaves, the Carousel, as we call it. People
:27:53. > :27:55.
:27:55. > :28:02.jumped off and on. Everton?I have never been one to speak about my
:28:02. > :28:08.qualities to other people. If people are interested in acquiring my
:28:08. > :28:14.services they can look at my record and what I have done in my
:28:14. > :28:17.managerial spells. I can stand up in the Premier league. If I club was
:28:17. > :28:23.making a change I would like to think I would be rate for those
:28:23. > :28:27.opportunities. But sometimes it is about timing, sometimes a different
:28:27. > :28:37.type of manager is sought and you are not the right guy at the right
:28:37. > :28:41.