Gary Lineker is ready to go away his function presenting Match of the Day on the finish of the present Premier League season, in accordance with BBC Information.
The previous England captain took over as host of the BBC’s flagship present from Des Lynam in 1999, and is ready to go away the company after the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico.
Hypothesis over 63-year-old Lineker’s future had elevated since an interview with BBC Breakfast in August by which he mentioned he regarded ahead to “one other 12 months doing it, no less than”.
Final week Lineker admitted he would “must decelerate sooner or later”, and intimated to Esquire journal that he could search to focus full-time on his profitable podcast enterprise.
Lineker mentioned: “I may do. Whether or not that would be the case I don’t know. Sooner or later, I’ve to decelerate someplace. I’m getting previous.”
The BBC have but to substantiate the information.
Lineker scored 48 objectives for England throughout a glittering profession that noticed him play for Leicester, Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham.
