Global, which already owns the likes of LBC and podcasts including The News Agents, has taken a majority stake in The Overlap, co-founded with Scott Melvin by the former Manchester United defender, who remains one of the channel’s most prominent figures. Under the deal for The Overlap, Neville will remain co-chair of the company. Neville launched The Overlap only in 2021, but it is now one of the UK’s most popular football content channels. The company said it has more than 38m monthly views on YouTube and achieved 2.2bn views across all platforms in 2025. It shares the rights with the BBC and That’s Football, another YouTube channel run by the YouTuber Mark Goldbridge.

Source: Irish Examiner January 06, 2026 16:38 UTC