A new three-person Match of the Day presenting team is revealed as the replacement for Gary Lineker, who leaves at the end of the season.
Mike Keegan reports that Kelly Cates will will step away from her role at Sky at the end of the season and join the BBC, where she will join alongside Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman.
🚨 EXCLUSIVE
📺 Kelly Cates to leave Sky and join three-person Match of the Day presenting team
↕️Cates will depart for BBC at the end of the season when Gary Lineker leaves
⚽️Cates, Gabby Logan & Mark Chapman to split role
✒️ https://t.co/uZqB89yKfh— Mike Keegan (@MikeKeegan_DM) December 15, 2024
Mike Keegan reports: “Bosses at Sky are understood to be deeply saddened at the loss of the 49-year-old.
“However, she had been identified by the BBC as the leading external candidate to replace Lineker when he leaves at the end of the season.
“Cates’ smooth presentation of Sky’s Premier League coverage and previous experience with the BBC have clearly gone in her favour.
“She regularly presents on Radio 5 Live, used to host 606 and her arrival will be seen as a huge coup – especially given the uplift in the number of live matches on Sky next season.
“t is understood executives, headed by new director of sport Alex Kay-Jelski, want to move the show in a fresh direction and, as Mail Sport revealed, are considering bringing a news element to the show.”
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Here’s how fans reacted with the new three-person Match of the Day presenting team revealed as the replacement for Gary Lineker…
@RyHoops83: Good choice
@PGILL89: Kelly is one of the best presenters there is 👌
@LukeJensenJones: Kelly Cates is really good so glad she’s been hired, but shame she has to share the gig with two other people
@mdeeks76: 1 off the best on @SkySportsPL, gonna be highly missed on Sky, but on the plus side, @BBCMOTD have got a top pundit.
@stewart_buick: Good appointments all round with Cates, Logan and Chapman. However l think it would have been better just have 1 host.
@Bobby96LFC: Big loss for sky that
@deNoronhaUK: Wow that’s signing. Feel like Sky presenting will fall further in the bin with the dumb and dumber show over there. Chappers and Gabby definitely deserve the MoTD gig.
@stooiewalker: Definitely the best female presenter in the game. Her and Chappers brilliant on 5 live
@GavinBuckland1: What a rubbish cop out. All three very capable of doing job on their own. Not sure why Kelly would leave Sky to do it P/T either.
@ShifnalWolf: Good choice & lineup 👏🏻👏🏻
@1867Logan: thought kelly cates was mint me
@Ben_Tilley97: I actually like all 3 of those hosts, but 3 presenters of match of the day is absolutely ridiculous 😂😂
@jakedavey_: Great choice. One of very few on Sky Sports who actually knows what they’re talking about.
@Mozzaa92: A rare case of the BBC ACTUALLY doing something good?
@JamieSmithSport: Usual gammons claiming Utter Woke Nonsense but Kelly Cates has been one of the best in the business for years and Gabby Logan is as safe a pair of hands as you can get. Job share setup feels weird but they are all great hosts. MOTD will be fine.
@carl_lewis_91: Gutted to see Kelly leave sky tbh, she’s absolutely fantastic
@nat90HJ: Woow! Thats a shock IMO but Kelly Cates is a sheer quality host on Sky Sports too, she be good on Match of the day to be fair
@JackEfc93: All in all that’s fair. Chapman should be number 1 for me but no issues with that. The way everything is going could have been alot worse
@moyes4ever: Only known lineker so I guess it’ll be weird but they’re all decent on other stuff, especially Chapman, would’ve been my top choice if it wasn’t an ex player, wonder if he’ll keep doing sports report full time now
@bkelly776: This is really smart. All brilliant presenters.
@tonymc39: All three are top level sports presenters. Great move by the BBC.
@A_GymGuy: Glad Kelly has got the role she’s great
@LaCaroRosso: Love that Kelly is being acknowledged as the best talent out there, but she’s far too good for the dying concept that is MOTD. It’s dull, canned entertainment, lacking humour and so time constrained there’s no interest in detailed analysis. Live TV is fluent and exciting.
Good lineup. Thank the Lord, no Alex Scott. 🙏🏻💩 https://t.co/MFrIV5SKQC
— Joey Barton (@Joey7Barton) December 15, 2024
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