Former Sky Sports Soccer Saturday favourite now enjoying ‘dream job’ two months after shock exit
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FORMER Soccer Saturday reporter Bianca Westwood is set to join Jeff Stelling in her "dream job" - just two months after her shock exit.
Sky Sports favourite Westwood was among a host of long-serving stars who said farewell to the broadcaster at the end of last season following a raft of budget cuts.
Westwood, 51, spent 22 years at Sky Sports and was a regular on Soccer Saturday broadcasts for more than a decade.
Iconic host Stelling was one of the biggest names to leave Sky in the summer.
The pair had a great on-air relationship, with viewers enjoying their banter as they took in the latest football scores.
And they could be reunited after Bianca told she has landed a new role.
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Describing it as her "dream job", Westwood revealed she will host Stelling's live UK tour in 2024.
She said: "Jeff texted me in the spring or the summer and said he was doing these shows.
"He does them with the old panel as well, with Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson and stuff like that, and they came up with the idea of 'actually Jeff's got a lot to say as well'.
"He's actually a very good raconteur - we did one show just to see what it was like, and he went down like you wouldn't believe with the audience. They absolutely loved him.
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"I think if he had a different host he wouldn't be able to have that risque or harsh banter with someone he didn't know as well.
"So I can really stick the boot in, which I'm really looking forward to. I can really wind him up and get paid for it, which is my dream job."
For the first time in two decades, Westwood has her Saturdays to herself, and she's still working out how to use her free time.
She has made the most of free weekends with some glamorous trips to Bali, Barcelona and Malta.
She has also been busy content creating with fashion brands Zara, River Island and H&M.
Westwood began her broadcasting career in the background as an editorial assistant and did occasional pieces to camera, including on the 'Take it Like a Fan' segments.
But her move into a regular on-camera role on Soccer Saturday in 2012 was a rarity for a woman at the time.
Her remarkable work in the industry has paid off and she will now tour with Stelling and special guests, including Paul Merson next year.