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Radio presenter Colin Murray has left talkSPORT after the station was taken over by the owners of The S*n.

The Liverpool FC fan from Northern Ireland presented his last show today after announcing he was quitting the sports radio station in July.

He said: “I have resigned from my morning show on talkSPORT, due to a change of ownership, with the Wireless Group being bought by News Corp.

“While there are parts of News Corp that aren’t a problem, it is the inevitable future working relationship between talkSPORT and The Sun that has made my position unsustainable.

“Commercially, I delivered all time record ratings and, creatively, I was left alone to mould a show of which I was intensely proud.

“I had been offered a new contract until 2019.”

Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp had struck a £220m deal to buy Wireless Group, the owner of talkSPORT.

The group also owns The S*n, which infamously ran a front page headlined “The Truth”, claiming Liverpool fans stole from the dead and urinated on police after the Hillsborough disaster.

Mr Murray tweeted after the show: “Thanks for all the messages today. Been three years I wouldn’t change for anything. We’ll meet again.”