MARK CHAPMAN will present the BBC’s first Match of the Day Saturday highlights programme this weekend, the PA news agency reported today.

Chapman is part of a three-person presenting line-up alongside Kelly Cates and Gabby Logan, who will work on rotation this season following the departure of former lead presenter Gary Lineker.

PA understands Chapman will be the first of the trio to host the flagship Saturday night show.

It is understood Cates will host a programme on Wednesday consisting of Uefa Super Cup highlights and a look ahead to the new Premier League season, while Logan will host Match of the Day’s Sunday night programme this week.

The BBC announced on January 15 that Cates, Chapman and Logan would be the new presenting team.

The news came following weeks of speculation about who would take over from Lineker after he said last year that he was stepping down.

The 64-year-old had long intended the final Match of the Day of last season, on May 26, to be the last time he would present the highlights programme but he was planning to stay on to front the BBC’s live coverage of the FA Cup and 2026 World Cup.

Earlier in the month however he announced he was bringing forward his departure following a social media row in which he shared a post about zionism featuring a depiction of a rat, historically used as an anti-semitic trope.