ESPN ‘aggressively pursuing Jason Kelce to join Monday Night Football’ after Eagles legend’s retirement… but network ‘faces competition from NBC, CBS and Amazon Prime’

Jason Kelce is being “aggressively pursued” by ESPN to join their Monday Night Football show, according to reports.

Kelce, 36, ended his legendary NFL career in an emotional press conference earlier this month when he announced his decision to retire from the sport after 13 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles.

However, the Super Bowl-winning center certainly has no shortage of options as he prepares to embark on a new chapter in his post-playing career, with several television networks reportedly scrambling to sign him.

According The AthleticESPN is set to add Kelce to Monday Night Football next season as part of a shake-up of its pregame panel.

Just a year after Scott Van Pelt directed a set revamp, Robert Griffin III’s place is believed to be under threat, while Hall of Fame catcher Larry Fitzgerald’s part-time role on ‘Monday Night Countdown’ is up. in limbo.

ESPN set to add Kelce to Monday Night Football as part of pregame shakeup

Robert Griffin III’s place on the show as an analyst is believed to be under threat next season.

Fitzgerald’s contract expired in February and has not yet been renewed after executives told him they wanted to see how the rest of their lineup shapes up before making a final decision.

ESPN officials have aimed to add Kelce to their popular Monday night show as an analyst, but they also face competition from several other networks.

NBC, CBS and Amazon Prime are also interested in landing the recently retired star, who appeared on the latter’s Thursday Night Football when the Chicago Bears hosted the Carolina Panthers in November.

Marcus Spears and Ryan Clark will return on ‘Countdown’ with Van Pelt, while Michelle Beisner-Buck will remain lead reporter.

Another man on ESPN’s wish list is the great Bill Belichick, who finds himself without an NFL coaching job after leaving the New England Patriots.

However, Belichick is understood to have told the network that he has no interest in joining a regular studio programme.

Kelce is a hot property in the television world after announcing his retirement, ending his long tenure in Philadelphia.

Kelce, 36, decided to bring the curtain down on his historic football career earlier this month.

Earlier this week, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni admitted that the team had lost one of the best players to grace both the franchise and the NFL after their veteran center decided to leave.

“We’re obviously losing one of the greatest players not only in Eagles history but in NFL history,” Sirianni said at the NFL Annual League Meeting on Tuesday.

“One of the best centers of all time, so obviously there’s going to be things we’re going to have to work on to replace that.”