FORMER England goalkeeper Joe Hart has announced that he will become a pundit ahead of Euro 2024 this summer.
The 37-year-old retired from professional football last month following his final match for Celtic.
He is now set to try his hand at a new career – talking about the game from a goalkeeper’s perspective.
Hart will work for the BBC at Euro 2024 starting this month.
The Manchester City icon has revealed he wants to “educate people” about goalkeeping and give them an improved understanding on the position.
In a column for BBC Sport, he wrote: “The reason I wanted to get into punditry is to educate people who are interested in goalkeeping, and hopefully I can help people understand the position a bit better.
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“I’ll be trying my best to do that by giving a goalkeeper’s perspective, which can be very different to that of an outfield player.
“Sometimes when a goal goes in, the analysis you see on TV is about how the keeper should have done better, or has made a mistake.
“That can be the case, of course, and I am not here to protect goalkeepers from criticism, but part of the way I analysed my own performances during my career was to work out exactly why things happened.”
He went on to add: “I am going to listen to everyone around me, make the most of their experience and take in as much as possible – I am open-minded, open-eyed and looking forward to everything the next few weeks might bring.”
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BBC and ITV’s Euro 2024 line up in full
Here’s how each channel will line-up:
BBC presenters:
Gary Lineker, Alex Scott, Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman
ITV presenters:
Mark Pougatch and Laura Woods
BBC pundits:
Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Rio Ferdinand, Ellen White, Frank Lampard, Ashley Williams, Wayne Rooney, Joe Hart, Cesc Fabregas, Thomas Frank, David Moyes, Rachel Corsie and James McFadden
ITV pundits:
Ian Wright, Roy Keane, Gary Neville, Karen Carney, Graeme Souness, Eni Aluko, Ange Postecoglou, Danny Rohl and Christina Unkel
BBC commentators:
Guy Mowbray, Robyn Cowen, Vicki Sparks, Steve Wilson, Steve Bower and Jonathan Pearce
ITV commentators:
Sam Matterface, Clive Tyldesley, Seb Hutchinson, Pien Meulensteen and Joe Speight
BBC co-commentators:
Danny Murphy, Martin Keown, Jermaine Jenas and James McFadden
ITV co-commentators:
Lee Dixon, Ally McCoist and Andros Townsend
Hart also revealed that he deliberately decided against taking any coaching badges.
He wrote: “I haven’t taken any coaching badges, which was a deliberate decision.
“For some people, coaching or managing is the obvious option when they stop playing, but it is not something that has ever been ingrained in me.”
Hart kicked off his professional career with Shrewsbury Town in 2004 before joining Man City two years later.
He went on to spend 12 years with the Sky Blues, making 348 appearances.
The goalkeeper then joined Burnley in a £3.5million transfer and spent two seasons at Turf Moor before completing a move to Tottenham, where he became the club’s back-up keeper.
Hart ended his playing career with Celtic last month after a three-season spell in Scotland.
On top of his club career, he was also capped 75 times for England.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
