West Ham manager, Slaven Bilic has signed up to the ITV commentary team for Euro 2016 Championships in France.ITV’s team will be based at a studio in Paris, overlooking the Seine and the Notre Dame. A press release from ITV says their team will criss-cross the country to deliver build-up, live coverage and analysis of games from in and around the stadia in the various tournament locations.
Those joining Slaven Bilic in ITV Sport team include Mark Pougatch, Lothar Matthaus, Glenn Hoddle, Ian Wright, Lee Dixon, Peter Crouch, Tony Pulis, Emmanuel Petit, Christian Karembeu, Louis Saha, Norman Whiteside, Eniola Aluko and Richard Dunne.
Key fixtures on ITV include England’s first and final group games against Russia and Slovakia, Northern Ireland v Ukraine, Russia v Wales and the Republic of Ireland’s games against Belgium and Italy.
ITV’s group stage coverage also includes all of holders Spain’s matches and a standout tie between World Champions Germany and fierce rivals Poland. ITV will have first pick of the round of 16 and semi finals, whilst joint Euro 2016 broadcaster, the BBC, has first two picks of the quarter-finals. Both ITV and BBC will show the final.
At last ! A punter we can identify with .
If he’s on with Ian Wright i’ll have to turn off…!