With special guest:
Jermaine Jenas, sports broadcaster, pundit and former England international.
In the new episode of The Line, Richard Gillis and Danny Rogers talk to Jermaine Jenas, the former England and Premier League footballer who is one of the rising stars of sports broadcasting.
The conversation starts in 2006 in Baden Baden, at the England team's during the ill-fated Fifa World Cup campaign, which won more headlines for WAGs, Beckham-mania and tabloid stings than football matches.
This summer, Jenas is part of the BBC's team in Russia for the 2018 version. We discuss whether journalists should be patriotic when it comes to covering England matches, whether football is ready for its first gay superstar and what really happens behind the scenes at Match of the Day.
Missed any of the first eight episodes? Listen to them here:
Episode 1 – big money transfers, player power, silly videos and social media comms in football
Episode 2 – NFL, Premier League, rugby - sport's global question
Episode 3 – Anatomy of a sports PR crisis
Episode 4 – ArsenalFanTV and the rise of football's new influencers
Episode 5 – Women: the market sport forgot
Episode 6 – Brian Moore: 'Stop moaning, France deserved to win the 2023 Rugby World Cup bid'
Episode 7 – What's the point of a sports agency?
Episode 8 – Pochettino, Neymar and the Spurs jinx
The Line is supported by Cake.
Main image via @jjenas8 on Twitter
