Questions are being requested over Gary Lineker’s long-term future on the BBC after a report claims that the Match of the Day host is not going to current the broadcaster’s Champions League highlights programme subsequent season.
The BBC can be displaying Champions League soccer for the primary time in September, as they start a three-year deal to indicate highlights, which can see 16 weekly exhibits on a Wednesday night.
Having offered BT Sport’s Champions League protection, MOTD host Gary Lineker would have been an apparent option to host this new present, however The Telegraph report that Gabby Logan will as an alternative be on the helm.
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They add that talks have been held between Lineker and the BBC, however no formal supply was made, citing Lineker’s different commitments comparable to his massively profitable The Relaxation is Soccer podcast and the 62-year-old’s reluctance to journey to the BBC’s Salford base from his house in west London for the midweek exhibits.
Lineker, who started internet hosting MOTD on 1999, is about to enter the ultimate 12 months of his £1.35million-per-year contract with the BBC, which means his future with the company is presently unclear. The BBC lately sealed a brand new four-year deal for MOTD that can run till 2029.
The previous England striker has been the topic of controversy in latest occasions and was suspended for per week by the BBC final yr for his criticism of the Authorities’s language round asylum coverage. This led to a groundswell of assist for Lineker, with commentators and pundits pulling out of MOTD, which was subsequently broadcast with simply crowd noise.
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Lineker additionally hit the headlines this summer time when his criticism of England’s efficiency towards Denmark at Euro 2024 drew the ire of members of Gareth Southgate’s squad and officers contained in the FA.
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