Daily Mail: Sky Sports in talks with Roman Kemp over football coverage role

Story from Daily Mail:

Sky Sports are in talks with Roman Kemp over a role within their football coverage.

As part of their ongoing bid to attract new audiences, Mail Sport understands discussions are ongoing with the TV star ahead of the forthcoming season.

Sky bosses have remained tight-lipped, but it is understood one of the options being explored is the prospect of Kemp, 32, hosting a new show which would be simulcast on Sky Sports News, along with Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League channels.

The son of former Spandau Ballet star Martin, Kemp is a presenter on the BBC’s One Show. An Arsenal supporter, he was last year linked with a role on Match of the Day when it emerged that Gary Lineker would be leaving at the end of last season.

Kemp has a substantial online following and is popular with a younger audience thanks to a long stint hosting the Breakfast Show on Capital FM.

Last month, Mail Sport revealed that Sky Sports News were to make a series of redundancies as part of a restructure.

The cull impacted seven reporters and presenters, amid a desire to make the station more agile and ‘better equipped to serve audiences’.

Rob Wotton was close to tears during his final show following 27 years working for the channel. Fellow presenters Teddy Draper and Jasper Taylor; reporters Jeremy Langdon, Fadumo Olow and Melissa Reddy and a news editor have also gone.