The BBC has confirmed who will replace Gary Lineker on Match of the Day. It was confirmed back in November that the former footballer, who has hosted the BBC football highlights show since 1999, will exit his long-running role at the end of the season.

Gary Lineker will be replaced as the presenter of Match of the Day by a trio of presenters, with Kelly Cates set to make the move from Sky Sports

Match of the Day has, extraordinarily, had just five main presenters in its history - with Gary Lineker being in the hot seat for the past 26 years. His replacements, who will take over the BBC One football highlights show next season,

The BBC has confirmed which presenters will be taking over from Gary Lineker starting next season. The flagship football programme for the BBC will have a number of presenters that are rotated between the different MOTD shows.

Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan will take over the presenting duties of the flagship BBC football programme when Gary Lineker hangs up his microphone