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More from Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan, who will be the new Match of the Day presenters from next season.

"We are all friends and we've known each other for a long time and that's a really lovely part of it," said Kelly Cates, who will also continue to work for Sky Sports.

"Not only is it a great role just on its own but I'm sharing it with two people I really admire and respect and genuinely like. It's a great set-up," she said.

Gabby Logan, who first joined the BBC in 2007, has stood in for Lineker on Match of the Day before and presented many huge sporting events for the BBC, including men's and women's World Cups and European Championships, the Six Nations and the Olympics.

"I think what's interesting is although we're sharing the role, we won't actually be working together on Match of the Day," she said.

"I think it's really great to share it because we bring different experiences and different interests within the game. We bring different ways of broadcasting and that will mean our pundits are kept on their toes and share different kinds of analysis."

Mark Chapman has been the main MOTD2 host since 2013 and works regularly on BBC Radio 5 Live.

"People might find this hard to believe but there's absolutely no competition between the three of us," he said.

"This isn't about the three of us, it's about the three of us plus our pundits, plus our editors, plus our analysts and stats people and production people and radio people and online."