BBC ‘make TNT Sports host shock contender to replace Gary Lineker as Match of the Day presenter’

TNT SPORTS presenter Reshmin Chowdhury has reportedly emerged arsenic a imaginable campaigner to regenerate Gary Lineker connected Match of the Day.

Lineker volition measurement away from the fashionable BBC highlights programme astatine the extremity of the season.

His full-time replacement is yet to beryllium announced, with MOTD2 frontman Mark Chapman understood to beryllium the favourite.

The Sun exclusively revealed past week that BBC bosses wanted him to stock the job with Kelly Somers.

However, Chapman has made it wide that helium is NOT keen connected the thought of splitting the role.

The One Show presenter Roman Kemp is besides successful the frame.

Gabby Logan and Alex Scott are among the different names understood to person been discussed.

But the Daily Mail claims TNT big Chowdhury is present successful contention.

The 46-year-old has admirers wrong the BBC having already worked for the institution galore times.

At the commencement of her career, Chowdhury worked arsenic a newsman for BBC London and BBC News.

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She past joined the BBC Sport squad successful 2010 and went connected to contiguous MOTD2 arsenic a stand-in.

The presenter has besides fronted sum of the Women's Super League and was a unrecorded lucifer newsman passim the 2018 World Cup.

Alex Kay-Jelski, the BBC’s manager of sport, reportedly attempted to motion Chowdhury for The Athletic erstwhile helium was antecedently editor.

But the fan-favourite broadcaster could beryllium tempted by 1 of the biggest jobs successful shot media.

Chowdhury presently fronts TNT Sports' sum of the Europa League and Conference League.

She has besides presented sum of the Champions League and FA Cup.

As good arsenic football, Chowdhury has besides covered darts, tennis, the Olympics and the Paralympics.