ESPN ‘aggressively pursuing Jason Kelce to join Monday Night Football’ after Eagles legend’s retirement… but network ‘faces competition from NBC, CBS and Amazon Prime’

Jason Kelce is being ‘aggressively pursued’ by ESPN to join its Monday Night Football program, according to reports.

Kelce, 36, called time on his legendary NFL career in an emotional press conference earlier this month, when he announced his decision to bow out from the sport after 13 seasons with Nevertheless, the Super Bowl-winning center is certainly not short of options as he prepares to embark on a new chapter in his post-playing career, with a number of television networks reportedly battling it out to sign him.

AccordingESPN is determined to add Kelce to Monday Night Football next season as part of a shake-up to its pregame panel.

Just one year after Scott Van Pelt stewarded a makeover of the set, Robert Griffin III’s place is believed to be under threat, while Hall of Fame receiver Larry Fitzgerald’s part-time role on ‘Monday Night Countdown’ is in limbo.