Match of the Day presenter made light of speculation that his time on flagship football show is ending
The BBC denied reports this week that Gary Lineker’s run at the helm the show was coming to an end.The BBC denied reports this week that Gary Lineker’s run at the helm the show was coming to an end.But the BBC’s highest-paid star was in a more playful mood on Saturday night as he joked he was hosting his final show amid mounting speculation over his future on the programme.
Lineker, who has an annual salary of £1.35m, made light of the rumours on Saturday as he introduced this week’s edition of the football highlights show on BBC One. Alan Shearer and his fellow pundit Micah Richards smiled at the quip during the opening minute of the show, which will not air next week while the Premier League stops to allow its players to fulfil international fixtures.this week that it had seen a draft email saying that Saturday would be Lineker’s final appearance as Match of the Day host.
Lineker’s contract is due to run out next year and there has been speculation over whether he will remain after public clashes with the corporation culminated in a staff mutiny last year.after writing on X that the language used by the government to launch a policy on small boat crossings was “not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s”. But Lineker was reinstated after some of his colleagues pulled out of shows in solidarity.
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