Micah Richards claims he’s not eager about presenting Match of the Day sooner or later, even when an area opens up within the absence of the BBC's new trio of presenters.
Gary Lineker, who has hosted the soccer highlights present since 1999, introduced in November that he could be leaving his iconic position on the finish of the season. The BBC confirmed this month that three presenters will change the 64-year-old.
Match of the Day 2’s Mark Chapman, veteran BBC broadcaster Gabby Logan, and Kelly Cates, who is not going to go away her Sky Sports activities position, are set to share the accountability of presenting the BBC’s flagship soccer programme. In the meantime, Richards and Alan Shearer will proceed as common pundits.
After being noticed at a non-league recreation in North Shields, Richards was quizzed by Newcastle Followers TV about whether or not he would think about a swap from punditry to presenting the present. Richards laughed as he exclaimed: "Who instructed you that?!" earlier than including in a extra severe tone: "No. Sooner or later, perhaps I’ll do some presenting, however Match of the Day, no. Gary's performed an unbelievable job."
Turning his consideration to the BBC's determination to nominate the aforementioned trio, Richards mentioned: "Mark Chapman, Kelly Cates and Gabby Logan have gotten it now however I simply choose being a pundit. You’ll be able to have extra of an opinion, you already know."
BBC Sport director Alex Kay-Jelski mentioned this month following the announcement of the brand new Match of the Day line-up: "I do know viewers will love these three unbelievable broadcasters and journalists on the coronary heart of our soccer protection subsequent season.
"They're sensible at what they do and MOTD viewers might be positive they are going to be properly taken care of as the massive soccer speaking factors are expertly analysed.
"Gary has performed an exceptional job at Match of the Day for the final 25 years, he'll be missed significantly and all of us nonetheless get to take pleasure in him on our screens throughout a few of soccer's best tournaments.
"Outdoors of Match of the Day we've obtained some nice new reveals, voices and surprises lined up for the 2025-26 season throughout audio, video and digital and we sit up for sharing them with you all later within the yr. It's a really thrilling time for BBC Sport's soccer protection."
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