Jenas made his footballing debut on the age of 17, and performed for his boyhood group Nottingham Forest, then Spurs and Newcastle United. He went on to play 341 occasions, in addition to making 21 appearances for England.

He retired in 2016 aged 32, though he had not performed since 2014.

Jenas turned his consideration to media work as a pundit whereas recovering from a knee damage and have become an everyday on Match of the Day, in addition to BT Sport.

He began appearing as a stand-in host on The One Present in 2020, following the departure of Matt Baker.

It was introduced the following April that he and Boyzone star Ronan Keating could be given everlasting positions – Jenas presenting with Jones from Mondays to Wednesdays and Keating on Thursdays and Fridays.

The previous footballer stated on the time that he was “actually wanting ahead to becoming a member of as a full-time host”.

Jenas was just lately awarded Ladies’s Soccer Ally of the 12 months on the 2024 Ladies’s Soccer Awards.

He stated on the time he had “all the time supported the ladies’s recreation” and that his mom had raised him as a “sturdy advocate of girls in sport”.

In earlier years, the award winner had been chosen from a shortlist of nominees, however Jenas’s award was given to him outright.

The BBC has approached the WFA for remark.

Jenas and a pal arrange the Aquinas Basis to assist incentivise and lift the aspirations of younger individuals in colleges throughout Nottingham.

The charity will not be at present commenting.

In December 2023 he collected an honorary diploma from Nottingham Trent College.