The Football Association has said it is yet to decide on its own TV presenters for England's March friendlies despite criticism elsewhere over a freelance host's derogatorycomments about Liverpool.

Craig Mitch, an occasional anchor for the FA's official YouTube channel, apologised in November after a five-year-old video surfaced in which he joked Liverpudlians “don’t know what a job is”.

The FA, however, said today that it has still yet to decide on its presenting rota for friendlies against Italy and Denmark, distancing itself from an external source's claim that he was unlikely to work for the governing body again.

Liverpool, meanwhile, are understood to have been supportive of the presenter and continued to work with him. The comments, believed to have been made while he was in his mid teens, Mitch explained, were "banter taken too far".

The former bedroom video blogger had filmed regular items at Wembley and at St George's Park for the past year, interviewing players and hosting official coverage.

The presenter for BBC MOTDX programme - a spin-off from Match of the Day - apologised immediately after the historic video was shared again on social media last year in which he also called Liverpool a "s---hole".