Disney+ and Netflix are buying into football – without buying the live action

Sport is the new battleground in the streaming wars. But it’s not action on the field they’re tempting us with. Disney+ has signed a deal with Gary Neville’s football media brand The Overlap. It’ll host his Stick to Football talk show and a new Manchester United-focused programme co-hosted by Wayne Rooney and YouTuber Mark Goldbridge. This follows the arrival on Netflix of Gary Lineker’s The Rest is Football podcast, which digested World Cup action daily and will return twice a week during the…