Joe Hart’s tattoos caught the eye on Euro 2024 punditry duty
Joe Hart made his first appearance as a BBC pundit at Euro 2024 on Sunday night, but it was his ‘armour-like’ tattoos – rather than his pre-match analysis – that caught viewers’ eyes.
The former England goalkeeper was announced as a pundit for this summer’s tournament in Germany having hung up the gloves at the end of last season.
Hart featured on coverage prior to England’s narrow 1-0 win against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen but eagled-eyed viewers and fans on social media were more interested in the unusual tattoos on the former keeper’s arms.
The prominent inkwork is not a new addition for Hart, however, who actually first got the blackwork tattooing back in 2017.
Debuting the tattoo on Instagram, Hart said: ‘Great to go back to Shrewsbury and get some world class body art @hanumantra Awesome work.’
Over the years, the 37-year-old has gone back to get more work done with the artist, Hanumatra Lemar, with the tattoo now covering much of his right shoulder as well as parts of his right leg.
While conceding the tattoos are not to ‘everyone’s taste’, Hart says the inkwork ‘definitely represents me’
‘I got my armour on now… let’s see what’s next,’ he said in a later post.