BBC presenter Alex Jones has said she had “no idea” about complaints made against her former co-presenter Jermaine Jenas.

The former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder was removed from the presenting team at BBC’s Match Of The Day and The One Show following alleged issues relating to workplace conduct.

Before he was sacked in August, Jenas had been a regular pundit on sports programmes and a presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live.

Jones, 48, who co-presented with Jenas on The One Show, told the Big Issue she did not know about the complaints until he had left.

She said: “I very much take people on face value. But with JJ [Jenas] I didn’t know what was going on.

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