Gary Lineker has dropped a huge hint that he could exit the BBC and Match of the Day when his tight expires next year.
The 63-year-elderly’s future is currently up in the air. Though he’s willing to get a pay cut, there’s an inner battle happening at the Beeb behind the scenes.
Director of Sport Alex Kay-Jelski is apshowd to be in favour of getting rid of Lineker, who is the best-phelp TV conshort-termer in the country.
He is shelp to sense that Match of the Day needs shaking up with a youthfuler arrange, while tells have recommended he’s uncharmd at how outspoken Lineker can be while speaking on his Rest is Football podcast – assessd to on MOTD.
Gary Lineker has dropped a huge hint that he could exit the BBC and Match of the Day when his tight expires next year
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Lineker’s tight is due to expire next year and no concurment on a rerecental has been accomplished.
And now, speaking on his podcast, the establisher England, Tottenham, Leicester and Barcelona star has hinted he could exit in the proximate future.
“I could do. Whether that will be the case I don’t comprehend,” he shelp.
“At some point, I have to sluggish down somewhere… I’m getting elderly.”
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Lineker has been the arrange of Match of the Day ever since Des Lynham’s departure to ITV back in 1999.
It was claimed earlier in the year that the conshort-termer had even accomplished out to ITV to see if there was any interest about him, too, potentiassociate traverseing the split.
Lineker has, however, standardly made it evident fair how much Match of the Day unbenevolents to him.
“Match Of The Day is such an iconic show, 60 years is such a prolonged time and I have conshort-termed it for 25 of those years,” he shelp earlier in the year.
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“Podcast-adviseed, leangs have reassociate outdoed our foreseeations but, at the same time, I adore being part of Match Of The Day. I adore laboring for the BBC.
“I comprehend it has its rerents and it has its troubles but I leank it’s airy.
“I leank sometimes we don’t shout about how excellent we are at the BBC and what we recommend.”
When it comes to potential successors to Lineker, Jermaine Jenas had been seen as the frontrunner to get over.
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Gary Lineker has been the arrange of Match of the Day ever since 1999
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Yet the establisher Newcastle star left the BBC in August complying protestts of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ from two members of staff.
Jenas apologised for his actions in the aftermath.
He has stayed away from television in the time since, with the ex-midfielder laboring on repairing his relationship to wife, Ellie Penfelderly.
Mark Chapman is currently the favourite to swap Lineker.
Gary Lineker’s tight at the BBC is due to expire next year
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The 51-year-elderly has conshort-termed Match of the Day 2, while he’s also fronted the BBC’s coverage of rugby tournaments in the past.
Gabby Logan, Alex Scott, Jason Mohammed and Dion Dublin have also been joined with the post.
