Shy Wayne Rooney in spotlight on MotD return – this is what the big bucks get you

Wayne Rooney sat alongside Alan Shearer on the Match of the Day pundits’ bench Credit: BBC

Mark Chapman got in there right from the kick-off with, dare one say it, a Lineker-esque, self-deprecating, gentle quip.

“Evening. The Premier League is back, and Match of the Day is back. Now you may have seen and heard that there is a big change to the show this season and that is… Wayne Rooney has joined us as a regular pundit. Some things don’t change though: Alan [Shearer] is still here.”

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