ITV Announce Star-Studded Punditry Team For World Cup

Exactly a month before the World Cup commences, ITV have announced their star-studded team of pundits for the showpiece in Russia.

The signing of Gary Neville, arguably the best in the business when it comes to analysis on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football, is a huge coup.

Neville is one of four former Manchester United captains to be involved in ITV's coverage, with his ex teammates Ryan Giggs, Patrice Evra and, Roy Keane all travelling to Russia.

ITV regular and Ireland assistant manager Keane will be joined by his boss Martin O'Neill, while Henrik Larsson, Slaven Bilic and Eniola Aluko will also be providing their views on all the action.

Arsenal legends Ian Wright and Lee Dixon, as well as former England manager Glenn Hoddle retain their positions in what is a pretty impressive list of pundits ITV have assembled.

There will be no English referees officiating the tournament but Euro 2016 final referee Mark Clattenburg, now working in Saudi Arabia, will offer his take on all the key refereeing decisions throughout the tournament.

Jacqui Oatley and Mark Pougatch will be the presenters, and Clive Tyldesley and Jon Champion the commentators starting on 14 June, when ITV show the opening game between hosts Russia and Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

We eagerly await to see who BBC have lined up...

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Topics: Football News, Football, Gary Neville, World Cup, ITV

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