Jermaine Jenas is primed to be Gary Lineker’s successor as the face of football on the BBC. Sportsmail has learned that senior figures at the corporation have earmarked Jenas as the man to front Match of the Day and live football coverage once Lineker moves on. And it is Jenas who has jumped ahead of the likes of Gabby Logan as the person the BBC envisage taking over from Lineker. Jenas has also fronted BBC documentaries, including an acclaimed investigation of knife crime in his home city of Nottingham. Jenas, like Lineker, played for Tottenham Hotspur and England.

Source: BBC January 30, 2020 22:29 UTC