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07th Dec 2015

Sky Sports have a cracking replacement for Gary Neville lined up for Monday Night Football tonight

This should be interesting

Conor Heneghan

It won’t be dull, that’s for sure.

Sky Sports were left with massive shoes to fill following Gary Neville’s shock move to manage Valencia last week.

It was a development that saddened the many football fans who enjoyed Neville’s punditry, particularly the in-depth and fascinating analysis from himself and Jamie Carragher on Monday Night Football.

How Sky will go about replacing Neville on a long-term basis remains to be seen, but according to the Daily Mail, Carragher’s former Liverpool team-mate Craig Bellamy is being touted as a replacement.

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: Craig Bellamy of Manchester City rejects the hand of Jamie Carragher of Liverpool during the Barclays Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield on November 21, 2009 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

Never shy of an opinion or two, Bellamy has been a guest pundit on Sky Sports before and isn’t likely to be guilty of the same type of bland analysis that say, Michael Owen, has been pilloried for in his brief punditry career to date.

Sky Sports have been keeping their cards close to their chest regarding Neville’s replacement so far, but their plan for the foreseeable future sounds interesting and Carragher is certainly excited about what’s in store on tonight’s show for Everton’s clash with Crystal Palace.

Watch this space.