to buy Liverpool FC. The report says he had been instructed not to ask questions after being identified as not one of the regular press corp members. ESPN After leaving South East Asia Roberts next appeared on ESPN as a Presenter/Commentator for ESPN International. He immediately began presenting the internationally networked football program ESPN Soccernet Press Pass as well as 2 new international SportsCenter programmes (Australia/Africa) Roberts became a regular face of the daily sports news shows, usually sitting alongside Georgie Bingham. It was not unusual to see Bingham in fits of tears at the end of the show after Roberts signed off with a witty one-liner. The same year Roberts was seen broadcasting from the West Indies at the Cricket World Cup. In 2008 he was in Ghana covering the Africa Cup of Nations. In May that year he was pitchside reporter for ESPN in Moscow at the final of the Champions League between Manchester United and Chelsea. Something he repeated a year later in Rome in the Barcelona v Manchester United final, where after 6 minutes he reported that new technology on the final ball was resulting in goalkeepers having problems when it was in flight. Roberts was again reunited in the studio with his former Sky Sports colleague Andy Gray during ESPN USA's coverage of Euro 2008. Roberts' employment with ESPN appeared to end after the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa as he was next seen fronting the 2011 FA Cup Final, Community Shield and the Champions League Final (Barcelona 3–1 Manchester United) from London's Wembley Stadium for his former employer ESPN Star Sports – where he sat alongside the likes of former England manager Steve McClaren and pundit Gerry Armstrong. In 2011. This was the last time Roberts was seen on TV as he took up a role of Vice President of Fox's business development unit. XCEL Roberts now runs his own media production company XCel. XCel specialises in live TV and digital broadcasts, particularly in live motor racing from F1 circuits. He also owns Fan media operation RedArmy which includes the TV channel RedArmyTV and 24/7 radio station RedArmy Radio, operations that are staffed by Middlesbrough fan volunteers with Roberts providing technical infrastructure and professional development to enable volunteers to develop skills in order to enter the media job market or improve personal skills. RedArmyTV can be seen on Teesside TV as well