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Rory, do you know what that music is? Yes, because the good news that we can announce exclusively is that you and I are now presenting match of the day.

Well, let's start with, I know they're not in the Premier League, but let's start with Burnley at Wiggin' today. Burnley, who will be in the Premier League very, very soon.

Rory, what do you think has been the difference between Vincent Company and Sean Dietches as managers of Burnley?

Well, I think it's to do with the focus on youth development. I think that's the thing that we really need to talk about.

Oh, with Jack Cork, Central Midfield in his mid-30s. Is that sort of youth development that we're talking about?

Well, I want to take it out to a broader conversation really about the politics behind this.

Now, honestly, apart from the fact that it's an amazing promotion for you and me, and I can see myself taking Gary's role and you taking Ian Wright's role in this.

Just give us a bit of context for anybody who is outside the United Kingdom just for a second or where we're coming from.

And then we'll get straight into the details of Gary Linnaker and his suspension.

Okay. Well, you say for people outside the United Kingdom, but if my phone yesterday was anything to go by, this is a story that is playing around the world.

Because you have to remember about some, the BBC is a global brand and Gary Linnaker, obviously best known in England where he was an international and has been a TV presenter on March of the day since 1999.

But he's a famous name anywhere where there's football. So this story is playing out all over the world.

I think it's hugely damaging for the BBC and it started.

I guess the context, it started with similar Brabaman's illegal migrants bill.

Gary Linnaker tweeted on, he did a quote tweet on her film, she did a little video, which was pretty horrible.

I think, pressing all the sort of populist, in my view, extremist right-wing anti-Assignment refugee buttons, using some pretty horrible language.

And he basically said that he thought this was an immeasurably cruel policy.

He thought that the language being used around this was red limit of the 30s in Germany.

And he made the factual statement, which is a correct statement, that the UK takes far fewer refugees than most of the European countries.

And I checked all that. We are 18th, we are 18th in the list of refugees.

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