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Daily Mail
20 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
First Match of the Day lineup after Gary Lineker's exit is revealed with TWO legendary England strikers on the punditry panel - as new hosts all vow not to post about controversial issues
The first Match of the Day lineup since Gary Lineker's departure has been revealed, according to reports. Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan and Kelly Cates will begin hosting duties on the BBC 's flagship football show this weekend as the new Premier League season kicks off with reigning champions Liverpool against Bournemouth on Friday. It marks a new direction for the programme after Lineker, who was the mainstay presenter for 26 years on Match of the Day, waved farewell after being axed by the BBC in May over a social media post he shared which ignited an antisemitism row. Only one of the three presenters will take part in Saturday's season curtain-raiser, given the trio have agreed to share hosting responsibilities throughout the campaign. According to the Telegraph, Chapman will host the show and be joined by pundits Alan Shearer and Wayne Rooney. Cates, meanwhile, is scheduled to host the BBC's coverage of European football next week. Shearer was a regular fixture on Match of the Day during the latter stages of Lineker's 26-year stint and continues to work with his former England team-mate on various podcasts including The Rest is Football. Rooney is set to sit alongside Shearer on the maiden Match of the Day for the 2025-26 season, having signed a new deal with the Beeb as he awaits the next opportunity in his managerial career. The England legend has yet to return to management since being sacked by Plymouth in 2024, which came after disappointing spells at DC United and Birmingham City. Ahead of the first show, the new Match of the Day hosts replacing Lineker have promised not to post about controversial issues on social media. Prior to his Match of the Day departure, the 64-year-old presenter shared an Instagram story about Zionism featuring a rat - a symbol used by the Nazis to characterise Jews as vermin. Lineker, who apoligised, deleted the post and admitted his departure from Match of the Day was the 'responsible course of action' back in May, left without a payoff from his £1.4million-a-year salary. The antisemitism row is understood to have been the final straw for BBC bosses after Lineker made a habit of posting about a range of controversial issues, from the war in Gaza to the government's immigration policy. Chapman, Logan and Cates have vowed to steer clear of posting about controversial topics, keeping in line with the BBC's social media guidelines. Logan, Chapman and Cates have vowed to steer clear of posting about controversial topics Logan told Radio Times: 'I've been conducting myself on social media while working at the BBC for nearly two decades. 'The broadcaster is probably under the most scrutiny of any in the country because of the way it's funded and because it's accountable to the public. That's how it should be. We strive to have the highest standards. Hopefully, we'll just get on with our jobs.' Cates added: 'I don't think I've ever really weighed in that much on anything that isn't either about football or something quite silly. That's not how I've ever used social media. 'It helps that we're all really different from Gary, in that he goes in with a profile of his own as an England legend. It's a very different career path. An ex-player taking over would be a more direct comparison.'
The Sun
22 minutes ago
- The Sun
Gary Neville makes underwhelming prediction for Man Utd's season after £200million transfer spree
GARY Neville believes Manchester United MUST buy a new goalkeeper to have ANY chance of a top six finish. Sky Sports pundit Neville won eight Prem crowns as Old Trafford's starting right-back under Sir Alex Ferguson. 4 But Neville, 50, is dismissive of United's prospects of coming close to the top of the tree this term. And he suggested that even earning Champions League football was out of the equation unless Ruben Amorim can land a new No 1. Neville said: 'For United, the top six would be healthy. 'We've gone past the point now where we say Manchester United have to win the league. That's unrealistic. 'My feeling is probably seventh, eighth is where I'm looking at it now. 'But without Europe, they could get into the top six if they have a good run, if they get a goalkeeper. But a lot of things have to go their way.' Neville, whose criticisms of United last term grew increasingly strident as the club plunged to its worst top flight finish in half a century, feels the summer spending at the front end has made a difference. United, being linked with PSG gloveman Gianluigi Donnarumma - who is determined to quit the European champions - have splashed out £200m to land Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and now Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko. All three are set to start when United open their campaign against Arsenal on Sunday. Speaking at the Sky Sports season launch, Neville added: 'If you said to me after that Europa League Final defeat to Spurs that Manchester United would have a forward line of those three that they've signed, I'd take that, I'd have snapped your hand off. Gary Neville names four Man Utd stars who must leave this summer 'I didn't think they had £200 million to spend. 'So the fact they've signed those three players is good. 'I like the profile of those players, whether they settle in now is obviously the big question. 'Two of them are proven Premier League players, although they've got to step up a level. 'Mbeumo is quite solid, he's robust, he's played at Premier League level. 'He and Cunha know the Premier League, they've been to all the grounds, there's no shocks for them. 4 'And Sesko up front. He's young, he's got potential but can he get off to a good start? That's important for him.' He added: 'Can they embed themselves at United? Can they get the probably 35-40 goals which would be par for those three players? 'If they can get 40 goals - and United's goals total last season was terrible - they've got chance of getting into that top six. 'But they've got to settle those three players, and we can't take that for granted anymore at United, I don't think. 'United will be looking at Champions League, that'll be the ambition. 'Not playing in Europe has to help, because there's basically more training time, less pressure on the players, less injuries. 'It means that the best players can play more often in the league, and not have those demands of a Thursday night game. 'But we've got to start the season well - and there are some tough fixtures early on.'
BBC News
22 minutes ago
- BBC News
Spurs start new era under 'glass half-full' Frank
What is it they say about London buses?Tottenham waited 17 years for their first trophy. By the end of Wednesday night, they could have clinched their second in three months. With last season's Europa League triumph still fresh in the memory, opportunity beckons for new manager Thomas Frank to not only get his first season in charge off to a flying start, but to chalk off the first major course, success against Champions League winners Paris St-Germain is likely to have little bearing on how the next nine months victory against the European champions would certainly garner immediate buy-in from players, colleagues and that Frank is having trouble in making a good first impression.A few days after his appointment, Frank called a first-team meeting at the club's Enfield training is standard fare - an opportunity for 'tracksuit staff' to acquaint themselves with the new coaching team and for the manager to start laying down his this was a gathering with a invited everyone - from the technical and non-technical staff in the building who have contact with the first-team squad to the catering, administration and cleaning may have been a small gesture, but it did not go unnoticed behind the scenes. Frank's ethos of inclusivity This kind of inclusive effort is indicative of how Frank who worked with him at Brentford could recall similar anecdotes about Frank's keenness to nurture a sense of inclusivity.A source describes the Dane as a glass half-full type of manager. He is said to be an emotionally available individual - not necessarily a given in the unforgiving confines of professional is not to say his predecessor Ange Postecoglou wasn't. The gushing appraisals and messages that followed his sacking were a clear indication of the strength of feeling towards it has been noticeable during Frank's opening weeks in the job just how determined he is to emphasise the collective. At the heart of his ethos is the notion that, regardless of position at the club, everyone should be treated the same. There should be no preferential treatment - every member of staff is part of the decision to leave Yves Bissouma in London for persistent lateness before the PSG match is indicative of his straight approach. His culture is rooted in hard work and honesty, and that means being upfront with someone has a problem, Frank expects that person to air it openly. He won't accept backstabbing or is at the centre of each day's training session. He will delegate elements of daily coaching to his staff, but he is said to be the protagonist in most is a clear step away from Postecoglou's regime - where the Australian would observe most training days at the side of the pitch during the week, before taking the reins on the final session before a is enthralled by details. His attention to the smallest of tactical specifics has already surprised members of the team and, even in largely meaningless pre-season friendlies, his tactical clipboard has stayed close to hand. Frank having significant say in transfers Frank's preparations, whether it be his team composition or bedding in his philosophy, have been hampered during has been without Dominic Solanke and Destiny Udogie for much of the summer, while Dejan Kulusevski is yet to feature because of injury. Frank has also lost James Maddison to an ACL injury, while captain Heung-min Son has left for Los Angeles setting the tone for team spirit has been evident, Frank's long-term vision of how he wants Tottenham to play is, arguably, less have indicated that summer signing Mohammed Kudus is becoming a key player for Frank, with an emerging pattern of trying to get the ball into the Ghana international as often as will also drill his team to be flexible. Don't be shocked to see him start games with a back three and finish with a four. The 51-year-old is also having a significant say in the club's transfer is said to have been a driving force behind the deal for Kudus, while the club's efforts to sign Savinho from Manchester City are described as having Frank's seal of the window hasn't been without its high-profile pursuit of Nottingham Forest attacker Morgan Gibbs-White - and its ultimate failure owing to legal issues related to the England international's £60m release clause - was a would also like to sign Marc Guehi, but the Crystal Palace captain prefers Liverpool as a far, only Kudus and Joao Palhinha - on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich - have some supporters, that isn't of fan protests at the perceived lack of squad investment has been an unwanted narrative that has followed the club this summer, since the move for Gibbs-White fell is money to spend, with owners Enic understood to have injected a level of cash into the Savinho and Palace attacker Eberechi Eze - who Tottenham have held talks over - would go some way to appeasing disgruntled supporters."This transfer window, we are definitely in the market and will do everything we can to make the best possible and strong squad," Frank added."There are a few things in the air, shall we say, along the way."
