A popular Sky Sports News reporter has revealed he has quit the broadcaster.
Mail Sport exclusively revealed last week that Sky Sports News are set to make a number of well-known staff redundant as they look to transform the channel.
Melissa Reddy and Jeremy Langdon are among the reporters likely to be heading for the exit door.
Now, Alan Myers has revealed he will be leaving Sky Sports News after 23 years in the job.
Announcing his decision on X on Tuesday, Myers wrote: ‘After a 23 year association I have decided to leave Sky Sports News. Difficult decision but one that I felt was right.
‘It’s been such a fantastic experience from my first report at a Bolton Wanderers outwood bound course, to World Cup. Finals, ECL Finals and everything in between!
Alan Myers (pictured) has revealed he will be leaving Sky Sports News after 23 years
Melissa Reddy (right) is another high-profile name expected to follow Myers out the door at Sky Sports News
Jeremy Langdon (pictured) is also set to leave Sky Sports News imminently
‘I couldn’t wish to have worked for a better company with the most talented and professional colleagues. I thank every one of them for their support and friendship over many years.
‘It’s been a blast and I have some incredible memories, worked on some headline stories and visited over 30 countries, thank you.’
His post came alongside a series of photos of him working for Sky, which included him speaking to iconic boxing promoter Don King, being kissed on the cheek by a fan as he stood outside Manchester City’s ground on transfer deadline day, and him standing by when Michael Owen was unveiled as a Newcastle player in 2005.
Myers was largely based in the North-West and North-East during his time at Sky, as he covered the likes of City, Newcastle, Liverpool and Everton.
Covering Everton meant that he got to report on Paul Gascoigne during his brief spell at the Merseyside club, while he also got to speak to Joe Royle – the last manager to win a trophy with the Toffees – and oversee the building of the team’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock that is due to open ahead of next season.
Myers moving on comes just over a week after shocked staff were told at Sky’s London headquarters that a round of redundancies is imminent.
Insiders have insisted that the move is not a cost-cutting measure while a spokesperson said it was aimed at ‘making us more agile and better equipped to serve audiences’.
The restructuring from the US-owned company has not been taken lightly, according to sources.
The broadcasting team (presenters pictured last Wednesday) make up the UK’s only 24/7 sports news channel
Several of the presenters enjoyed a day out at the popular Cheltenham Festival in March
The priority, among bosses, is to ensure that the department adapts to meet the changing behaviours of audiences and is ‘faster, more flexible and more creative’.
They insist that Sky Sports News, which is the UK’s only 24/7 sports news channel, will continue to focus on breaking news stories and that output will not be significantly altered. The redundancies are limited to presenters and reporters.
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Sky Sports News set to make well-known reporters redundant
A Sky Sports News spokesperson said: ‘We’ve shared proposals with the Sky Sports News team to change how we’re structured, aimed at making us more agile and better equipped to serve audiences across TV, digital and social.
‘A small number of roles are impacted, and we are now entering a period of consultation with those colleagues.’
Geoff Shreeves, Martin Tyler and Bianca Westwood were among the talent to leave Sky Sports in 2023 due to job cutting.
Shreeves had given 30 years of service to Sky Sports as a touchline reporter while Tyler had been commentating for the channel for 33 years.
Experienced and well-respected journalists including Guy Havord, Dickie Davis, Greg Whelan and Jaydee Dyer were also affected by the cuts.
