Dan Walker, 44, announced his decision to leave the BBC programme this year. BBC Breakfast and Strictly Come Dancing star Dan has now been replaced by Alex Scott, 36, after fronting the show for 12 years.When quizzed on whether he was surprised to see Dan leave his Football Focus role behind, Dion said in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk: “Yes I was, I was surprised to see him go.“I think Dan is brilliant, he’s great - his sense of humour, his sporting knowledge, he makes it about the product not about himself, and all good presenters do this. “He just passes everything over to us, he just gives us something and basically says, ‘There you go, chat about that’. “I’d go as far as to say that Dan Walker is a brilliant, brilliant.
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