Exiled former Sky Sports host Richard Keys warns Kelly Cates about Match of the Day - and 'difficult' Gabby Logan
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Exiled former Sky Sports presenter Richard Keys has warned Kelly Cates over her impending role as the new Match of the Day host. As exclusively revealed by Mail Sport on Sunday, Cates, daughter of Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish, is to leave Sky Sports to become part of a three-person team of Match of the Day presenters.
![[Cates (right) will leave Sky Sports at the end of the season to join the BBC as show's host]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/07/93222169-14200489-image-m-5_1734420795544.jpg)
It is expected that Cates will join fellow broadcasters Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan, with presenting duties for Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2 split between the three of trio when Gary Lineker leaves at the end of the season. That means the 49-year-old will leave her role at Sky, who are understood to be deeply saddened at the loss of her services.
![[Keys suggested that BBC's Match of the Day may not 'survive for very much longer']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/07/93222179-14200489-image-a-3_1734420790702.jpg)
Cates' second run with Sky has been since 2016, with the presenter having previously worked with the broadcaster before departing around 10 years earlier. She has also worked for the likes of ESPN and Channel 4. The move to the BBC appears to be the next step in an illustrious career, but Keys, who left Sky in 2011, has fired a warned towards his former colleague while taking aim at her father.
![[Cates will be replacing Gary Lineker as host of the show from the start of next season]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/07/93222289-14200489-image-a-6_1734420813082.jpg)
Kelly Cates has been warned over taking the job of Match of the Day host by Richard Keys. Cates (right) will leave Sky Sports at the end of the season to join the BBC as show's host. Keys suggested that BBC's Match of the Day may not 'survive for very much longer'.
![[Keys also took aim at Gabby Logan, suggesting she 'p****d everybody off at Sky with her demanding attitude']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/07/93222201-14200489-image-a-2_1734420788066.jpg)
Writing in his blog, he posted: 'Congrats to Kelly Cates on her new job. I'm proud of her but not surprised. Success has many fathers and I'm sure there'll be a few people lining up to take credit for her career, but Kelly, Kenny and me know the truth.
