Chris Kamara to rejoin Jeff Stelling on Amazon Prime football coverage amid health battle
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Chris Kamara is to link back up with Jeff Stelling after announcing he is joining Amazon Prime's coverage of the Premier League. Amazon will be screening all 10 top-flight games over Boxing Day and 27 December, as well as their popular Every Game Every Goal show. The latter is hosted by Stelling, formerly the long-standing presenter of Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday.
He worked closely with Kamara at Sky, with the latter employed as a reporter on Soccer Saturday. Kamara became hugely popular with viewers for his work, which included trademark catchphras 'Unbelievable Jeff!'. Kamara stepped down from Sky in the summer of 2022, with Stelling following suit a year later. But Kamara has now revealed that the duo will be linking back up on Boxing Day as he joins Prime's punditry team.
Kamara posted on Twitter : "Best phone call ever this afternoon inviting me to do the Forest v Spurs game on Boxing Day reporting back to the Unbelievable @JeffStelling in the studio. I thought I was done, so it’s a big thank you Amazon I’m back.”.
Kamara stepped down from his role at Sky a year after announcing he had been diagnosed with apraxia. The neurological disorder makes it difficult to speak, occurring when the brain has trouble planning and sequencing the muscle movements needed to produce speech.
People with Apraxia know what they want to say, but are unable to carry out the speech movements. Viewers of Soccer Saturday became concerned for Kamara after noticing he was slurring his words. The 66-year-old, who has also worked as presenter on ITV show Ninja Warrior, has been receiving speech therapy and is on the road to recovery. But in November he spoke out about his dark days after first being diagnosed.
