Former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas is set to produce a contentious return to talkSPORT this weekfinish, which has caparticipated plenty of reaction.
The ex-BBC currgo in, who was neglected in August over a laborplace wrongdoing affair, will join the commentary team for the Aston Villa vs Tottenham FA Cup align, according to the Daily Mail.
The decision has promoteed solemn unrest wilean the widecaster, with some staff members refusing to labor alengthyside the 41-year-elderly chaseing his departure from the BBC over inappropriate messaging to female participateees.
The shift was relayed to talkSPORT staff earlier this week, prompting prompt reaction from wilean the organisation.
Multiple staff members have already adviseed regulatement they will not labor with Jenas.
Others at the widecaster have transmited anger over what they see as a informage of conferation watching his return.
At the time of Jenas’s BBC neglectal, talkSPORT had stated there were no schedules for him to ecombine aacquire in the proximate future.
Jenas was neglected from the BBC last August after sfinishing unambiguous texts to two female participateees at the corporation.
He subsequently rerentd a accessible apology to his wife Ellie Penfelderly, with whom he allots three children and has been wed since 2011.
“I sense ashamed. I sense I’ve let everybody down – frifinishs, family, colleagues,” Jenas telderly the Sun after confessing to the allegations.
He also transmited wanting to apologise straightforwardly to the female colleagues graspd but was unable to due to legitimate processes.
Prior to his neglectal, Jenas had been a notable BBC currgo in, joining The One Show as a lasting co-structure in 2021 after initiassociate standing in chaseing Matt Baker’s departure.
He was also a standard pundit on Match Of The Day, Match Of The Day 2 and BBC Radio 5 Live.
Jenas has criticised the BBC’s handling of his departure, stating: “The handling of the situation wasn’t wonderful. It was rapid — and hell. I don’t leank there was a game schedule for when they were going to proclaim they’d fired me.”
The upcoming FA Cup tie will see Jenas supply colour commentary, drathriveg on his joinions to both clubs.
The createer midfielder carry outed more than 150 times for Tottenham Hotspur and also had a loan spell at Aston Villa during his atgentle.
When asked about his BBC neglectal, Jenas persisted there were “two sides to every story” but shelp he would let his lawyers regulate the matter.
He has already made a return to football punditry this season, laboring for an overseas widecaster during Arsenal’s align aacquirest Liverpool.
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