Pundit Lee Dixon defects to ITV Sport from BBC
Published Jul 20 2012, 19:56 BST | By Paul Millar
Pundit Lee Dixon has signed for ITV Sport from the BBC, it has been announced.Dixon, former Arsenal and England defender, will join Adrian Chiles alongside the likes of Roy Keane and Gareth Southgate.
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The 48-year-old will be part of the panel for ITV's revived Tuesday night Champions League coverage from the autumn, as well as FA Cup and Europa League matches.
The respected analyst will also appear in the broadcaster's England's World Cup 2014 qualifying campaign.
Dixon confirmed his BBC departure yesterday via Twitter, saying earlier this week: "Sad to be leaving BBC. Nothing lasts forever. New challenges ahead. Loved my time there. Wonderful people."
Dixon rose to prominence when he contributed to the BBC's punditry team for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Watch Lee Dixon despair over Alan Shearer's interruption in the BBC's Euro 2012 coverage below:
Good pundit make a change somebody on itv talking sense now all itv need to do is get rid of the rest of them worst broadcast team chiles is rubbish
July 22nd 2012 at 11:49pm
Adrian Chiles does not belong on a football panel he is nothing more than sold out to ITV he is rubbish when he talks about football give me the BBC over ITV or SKY.
July 21st 2012 at 11:06pm
LETS SAY IT ALL TOGETHER TO LEE DIXON YOU SOLD OUT YOU SOLD OUT
July 21st 2012 at 11:03pm
He's probably just made one of the biggest mistakes of his life! Noone ever does better on ITV when they've switched from the BBC.
July 21st 2012 at 8:52pm(+2 likes)
bbc has hardly any rights to any live football matches so why would you not wanna join sky or itv if u just end up on a highlights show on bbc
July 21st 2012 at 4:37pm(+1 like)