From the 2014–15 season onward, McManaman then returned home to be permanently based in England and also could be regularly seen as a guest on BT Sport's Champions League coverage, and on shows like "Premier League Tonight". In 2016, McManaman served as a co-commentator for Euro 2016 on ESPN alongside Ian Darke for England games as well as a pundit in the studio. In 2018, McManaman returned to ESPNFC as a pundit for the first time since 2012, and on 29 June became the only pundit to correctly predict 12 out of the last 14 in the knockout stages of FIFA World Cup 2018 including getting the semi-finals, final, and ultimate winner exactly correct.