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Manish Dev Bhasin is a BBC sports journalist and presenter as well as the face of the Premier League’s global football coverage to over 700 million viewers.

The moment that changed Manish’s life came when he was shown around the BBC Radio Leicester newsroom in his early teens. The avid Leicester City fan, suspecting that his dream job as a professional footballer was moving out of range, decided to pursue a career in sports journalism.

Inspired by his newsroom visit, Manish studied Communication Studies with English at Anglia Ruskin University before completing a diploma in Broadcast Journalism at Cardiff University. Just as he had dreamed of as a teenager, he began his broadcasting career at his local BBC radio station in 1997, first as a junior reporter and then as a drive-time presenter.

Five years later, he made the switch to television when he joined ITV’s regional operation in the Midlands. But his major breakthrough on national television arrived in 2004 when he became the presenter on the BBC’s much-loved Football Focus programme and interviewed superstars like David Beckham, Jose Mourinho and Pele.

His next big move saw him present The Football League Show for six years, with Manish now establishing himself as one of the leading presenters for Premier League Productions, the organisation’s in-house broadcasting arm.