Al Jazeera want to sign Keys and Gray

Super-rich Arab TV station Al Jazeera have stepped up their pursuit of of Richard Keys and Andy Gray after the pair were axed by Sky.

Keys is due in Qatar today for talks about a lucrative contract and if he takes up their top post he would bring long-term friend and sidekick Gray with him.

Both Keys and Gray are ‘faces’ in the TV world and the Arabs are not concerned about the fall-out from the sexist comments that cost them their Sky posts.

It would be a massive coup for the station to land two of football’s leading presenters in a double act - they currently use several English frontmen, including Gary Lineker, for their shows.