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Kevin Keegan joins ESPN as lead analyst
Published Monday, Aug 24 2009, 10:56 BST | By Andrew Laughlin
The twice former European player of the year started his new role yesterday when he sat alongside host Ray Stubbs for West Ham United versus Tottenham Hotspur.
It has also been announced that former Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink will join Stubbs and Keegan to offer his analysis for certain selected live matches over the season.
Other analysts to join the team include Frank Lebeouf, Danny Murphy and Shaka Hislop, while Chris Waddle will sit alongside Jon Champion in the commentary box for Premier League games from September.
ESPN EMEA vice president, TV channels, Jeroen Oerlemans said: "We're extremely happy to have Kevin and Guus on board. Between them they have won 23 major honours as both players and managers and will bring a wealth of experience, flair, opinion and enthusiasm to ESPN's coverage this season.
"Alongside Ray Stubbs and the rest of our presenters and commentators, we have a formidable team that will provide fantastic analysis and reaction to football fans around the UK."
ESPN's new channel is available on Sky and Virgin Media in standard and high definition, as well as in SD on Tiscali, Top Up TV, BT Vision and Chorus ntl in Ireland.
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