New frontrunner emerges to replace Gary Lineker as Match of the Day host

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New frontrunner emerges to replace Gary Lineker as Match of the Day host
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A certain MOTD 2 presenter is the new frontrunner to succeed Gary Lineker as the BBC's Match of the Day host.

Mark Chapman will present the BBC’s Champions League highlights show this season Mark Chapman is the new frontrunner to succeed Gary Lineker as the BBC’s Match of the Day host. The 50-year-old, currently presents Match of the Day 2 on Sunday evening and also fronts the BBC’s sports coverage on Radio Five Live. Chapman has now been handed the main presenting role for the BBC’s Champions League highlights show, which begins next week.

35m-a-year deal with the BBC ends next year Jermaine Jenas had been one of the favourites to be the next Match of the Day host before he was sacked by the BBC last month for sending unsolicited texts to two female staff members. The former Tottenham, Newcastle United and England midfielder, who is a father-of-four, has said he felt ‘ashamed’ of his actions and that he was ‘deeply sorry’ for what happened in the lead-up to his sacking.

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