Gary Lineker is about to depart his position presenting Match of the Day on the finish of the present Premier League season, based on BBC Information.
The previous England captain took over as host of the BBC’s flagship present from Des Lynam in 1999, and is about to depart the company after the 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico.
Hypothesis over 63-year-old Lineker’s future had elevated since an interview with BBC Breakfast in August wherein he mentioned he regarded ahead to “one other yr doing it, at the very least”.
Final week Lineker admitted he would “need to decelerate in some unspecified time in the future”, and intimated to Esquire journal that he could search to focus full-time on his profitable podcast enterprise.
Lineker mentioned: “I might do. Whether or not that would be the case I don’t know. Sooner or later, I’ve to decelerate someplace. I’m getting outdated.”
The BBC have but to verify the information.
Lineker scored 48 objectives for England throughout a glittering profession that noticed him play for Leicester, Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham.
