30 ROBBIE SAVAGE
A pantomime villain as a player, Savage has continued that combative but comical style as a pundit. As well as running Macclesfield FC, he's spent most of the past few years bickering with Chris Sutton on BT/TNT, plus BBC Radio 5 Live phone-in 606. If you like petty point-scoring, they're the duo for you.
HE SAID "At times, I'll be honest with you, I was world-class" - a modest assessment from Sav, to the BT panel's bemusement...
29 SLAVEN BILIC
The widely renowned guitar player/football manager has been a popular figure on ITV during major tournaments, able to regale tales from his time as Croatia boss - Steve McClaren must be glad of the reminder.
MOST NOTABLE MOMENT Dancing on top of a table after a Euro 2016 goal by Dimitri Payet, then playing for his West Ham. Would have danced less had he known Payet would then spend six months agitating to leave...
28 JURGEN KLINSMANN
Klinsi isn't massively popular with fans of USA or South Korea, but he is a contender for the most popular German in Britain (sorry, Jurgen Klopp, Boris Becker and Henning Wehn), thanks to spells at Spurs and jovial appearances on the BBC at tournaments. He knows a thing or two about them, having won both the World Cup and the Euros.
MOST NOTABLE MOMENT Writing the BBC's newsletter during the World Cup, obviously.
27 JOE COLE
Among the most gifted English footballers of his generation, Cole has the gift of the gab, too - not only is he a regular on TNT, but he'll also turn up pitchside at any England match, look for a camera and start nattering away, whether Channel 4 have the rights or not.
STYLE Known to sport a flat cap and a rather Del Boy-esque coat, as if he's arrived for duty halfway between a shift at Peckham market and an audition for Peaky Blinders. Cushty.
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