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REVEALED: The Amazon Prime pundits and presenters who will be covering YOUR team as they launch their live Premier League coverage tonight... including Nigel de Jong and Dimitar Berbatov (but feuding Michael Owen and Alan Shearer won't be reunited)Amazon will broadcast live Premier League football for first time this weekThe internet shopping giant is branching out into sports broadcastingIt will show every one of the 10 games from this midweek round of fixturesAnd it has splashed out on a dizzying number of high-profile pundits
By Chris Cutmore for MailOnline
Published: 10:22, 3 December 2019 | Updated: 10:34, 3 December 2019
Football fans will get their first glimpse of Amazon's live Premier League coverage on Tuesday, but many of the faces on screen will already be very familiar.
The internet shopping giant will broadcast online a full round of midweek fixtures this week - yes, that's every one of the 10 games being played - and to cover its huge offering a host of talent has been recruited.
Among the pundits are Alan Shearer, who is also Match of the Day's lead analyst, Lee Dixon, ever present in ITV's coverage of England games, plus Michael Owen and Peter Crouch, who already appear regularly on BT Sport.
Alan Shearer (left) will be one of Amazon's pundits as well as leading Match of the Day's analysis, while Michael Owen, a BT Sport regular, has also been snapped up
Dimitar Berbatov (left) is one of their more eye-catching recruits and Nigel de Jong, infamous for his karate kick on Xabi Alonso in the 2010 World Cup final, should pull no punches
SEE ALL THE AMAZON GAMES FOR FREE!
Amazon have spent about £90million to screen 20 Premier League matches a season for the next three years and while they are hoping you will sign up to watch for £7.99 a month — or £79 a year — you can see this season's offering for free.
This is because Amazon are offering a free 30-day trial, which will take in all of their matches in December. They have also teamed up with BT to stream matches to pubs, which will be charged between £100 and £600.
Chairman of the British Pub Confederation, Greg Mulholland, said: 'The cost of subscriptions to Sky Sports is now utterly unaffordable to most pubs and the value they get is nowhere near the cost.
'So I hope the addition of Amazon will finally shake up this market and bring down the cost of showing sport in pubs.'
There are other eye-catching names on the roster: Dimitar Berbatov, the maverick former Manchester United and Tottenham striker, has become an outspoken and sometimes x-rated critic on social media, while Nigel de Jong, infamous for his karate kick on Xabi Alonso in the 2010 World Cup final, could be a feisty analyst if his playing days are anything to go by.
Former England women's international Eni Aluko is the pundit most often used, appearing three times, followed by Dixon, Shearer, Roberto Martinez and Les Ferdinand, who will all feature twice this week.
The list of presenters is headed by Eilidh Barbour, Gabby Logan and Darrell Currie, who will all appear twice.
Among the commentators are Clive Tyldesley and Guy Mowbray, who have been the voices of ITV football and Match of the Day for years.
Their co-commentators will include Jermaine Jenas, Andy Townsend, Glenn Hoddle, Chris Waddle and Ally McCoist, who will be reunited with Jon Champion after their partnership during the 2018 World Cup was widely praised for its exuberant, amusing and often eccentric chemistry.
FULL LIST OF AMAZON'S PUNDITS AND PRESENTERS THIS WEEK
TUESDAY
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth
Presenter: Eilidh Barbour
Commentary: Guy Mowbray/Jermaine Jenas
Reporter: Mark Saggers
Pundits: Lee Dixon/Michael Owen/Eni Aluko
Burnley v Manchester City
Presenter: Gabby Logan
Commentary: Peter Drury/Jim Beglin
Reporter: Gabriel Clarke
Pundits: Alan Shearer/Roberto Martinez/Nigel de Jong
WEDNESDAY
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Presenter: Darrell Currie
Commentary: Steve Wilson/Andy Townsend
Reporter: Lynsey Hooper
Pundits: Gary Cahill/Eni Aluko
Leicester City v Watford
Presenter: Seema Jaswal
Commentary: Ian Darke/Craig Burley
Reporter: Danny Jamieson
Pundits: Owen Hargreaves/Graeme Le Saux
Liverpool v Everton
Presenter: Gabby Logan
Commentary: Jon Champion/Ally McCoist
Reporter: Gabriel Clarke
Pundits: Thierry Henry/Peter Crouch/Roberto Martinez
Manchester United v Tottenham
Presenter: Jim Rosenthal
Commentary: Clive Tyldesley/Glenn Hoddle
Reporter: Chris Ford
Pundits: Harry Redknapp/Peter Schmeichel/Dimitar Berbatov
Southampton v Norwich City
Presenter: Marcus Buckland
Commentary: Adam Summerton/Kevin Kilbane
Reporter: Kelly Somers
Pundits: Les Ferdinand/Matt Holland
Wolves v West Ham
Presenter: Matt Smith
Commentary: Derek Rae/Sue Smith
Reporter: Charlotte Bates
Pundits: Clinton Morrison/Matt Upson
THURSDAY
Sheffield United v Newcastle United
Presenter: Catherine Whitaker
Commentary: Conor McNamara/Chris Waddle
Reporter: Darrell Currie
Pundits: Jermaine Jenas/Les Ferdinand
Arsenal v Brighton
Presenter: Eilidh Barbour
Commentary: Clive Tyldesley/Alan Shearer
Reporter: Gabriel Clarke
Pundits: Alan Pardew/Lee Dixon/Eni Aluko
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