Rio Ferdinand has announced he is leaving his role as a pundit with TNT Sports - making his final appearance next week.
“Since retiring from football, it has been a privilege talking about the game I love for a decade for sports fans watching BT Sport and TNT Sports,” he said in a statement published on his X account. “I want to acknowledge the tremendous support from the team behind the scenes, whose hard work often goes unseen but has been essential to our success.
“I hope to stay connected with you all in different capacities. Thank you once again for everything.”
Sources close to TNT Sports have claimed that this is an amicable parting of ways, and that the door is being kept ajar for future opportunities. Ferdinand first announced he was working as part of the BT Sport team in May 2013, with BT rebranding as TNT Sports in the summer of 2023.
The 46-year-old has become a regular part of the presenting line-up for the broadcaster’s European club football coverage but is now set to spend more time working on his personal content channels.
His Rio Ferdinand Presents YouTube channel currently has 1.32m subscribers. Ferdinand will sign off as part of TNT’s presentation team for the Champions League final between Paris St Germain and Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday.
Earlier this month Ferdinand was forced to miss a number of matches after being hospitalised by what he later described on his YouTube channel as a “mad virus”, admitting at one point he thought it was “lights out” for him.
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