BT Sport snaps up Paul Scholes for four-year punditry deal
Paul Scholes has signed a four-year deal to become a Barclays Premier League football pundit with BT Sport.
Paul Scholes retired from play over a year ago
Scholes will provide analysis on Barclays Premier League and Champions League matches from the start of this season.
The former Manchester United star will be joining Rio Ferdinand and Robin Van Persie who are channel ambassadors. In addition, Owen Hargreaves will also be a pundit and Michael Owen will provide live commentary for the broadcaster.
Grant Best, senior channel executive producer at BT Sport, said: “Paul has proved himself to be a forthright and astute pundit since he hung up his boots.
“His recent opinions have been every bit as tenacious as his tackling on the pitch. It is fantastic that we have been able to sign up a legend like Paul to offer a unique insight, based on a record of consistent success at the highest level of the game.”
Scholes' signature comes as BT Sports has also secured rights to the Portuguese Primeira Liga. It will show four games a week from the league, which brings the broadcaster’s European football league coverage tally up to six.
BT Sport will kick off the new season in the Barclays Premier League with exclusive live coverage of Louis van Gaal’s first league game as the new Manchester United manager on August 16.