Jermaine Jenas, who introduced The One Present and appeared on Match of the Day for the BBC, has been sacked by the company following complaints about office conduct.
The previous footballer, 41, has been taken off air from each primetime exhibits.
BBC Information understands his contract was terminated earlier this week, due to alleged points regarding office behaviour.
It adopted allegations involving digital communications equivalent to texts, which had been raised with the company a couple of weeks in the past.
A BBC spokesperson stated: “We will affirm Jermaine Jenas is now not a part of our presenting line-up.”
He was final on air earlier in the summertime.
Jenas earned £190,000 – £194,999 on the BBC for his work on the FA Cup, Match of the Day and the World Cup.
His work on The One Present was for BBC Studios, the BBC’s industrial manufacturing firm, so his wage shouldn’t be within the public area.
He additionally works for talkSport, and was presenting a present on air when the information broke.
Jenas can be employed by TNT Sports activities, a bunch of pay tv sports activities channels. They informed the BBC they weren’t making any remark.
Nonetheless his profile has been faraway from his agent’s web site.
Soccer and media profession
The sportsman made his footballing debut on the age of 17, and performed for his boyhood workforce Nottingham Forest, Spurs and Newcastle United. He went on to play 341 instances, in addition to making 21 appearances for England.
He retired in 2016 aged 32, though he had not performed since 2014.
Jenas turned his consideration to media work as a pundit whereas recovering from a knee harm and have become an everyday on Match of the Day, in addition to BT Sport. He had been presenting The One Present since 2020.
He and a pal arrange the Aquinas Basis to assist incentivise and lift the aspirations of younger individuals in colleges throughout Nottingham.
The ex-footballer additionally appeared on The Nice Sport Aid Bake-Off in 2016.
In December 2023 he collected an honorary diploma from Nottingham Trent College.