Last year, the 67-year-old commentator was demoted by ITV in favour of 42-year-old Sam Matterface, who will be in the chair for England's European Championship games. Once the decision has been taken you have to absorb it, realise it's not the end of the world. Tyldesley holds no ill feeling towards his replacement, Matterface, but cannot understand the general trend from broadcasters to replace their experienced operators with young blood. 'I don't think ITV replaced me with a younger man for the sake of that, I think they replaced me with a different kind of commentator,' he added. He is still going to work with ITV and is still going to work with talkSPORT.

Source: Daily Mail May 27, 2021 17:23 UTC