Gary Lineker is about to depart his function presenting Match of the Day on the finish of the present Premier League season, in keeping with 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 USA, Canada and Mexico.
Hypothesis over 63-year-old Lineker’s future had elevated since an interview with BBC Breakfast in August during which he stated he regarded ahead to “one other 12 months doing it, not less than”.
Final week Lineker admitted he would “should decelerate in some unspecified time in the future”, and intimated to Esquire journal that he might search to focus full-time on his profitable podcast enterprise.
Lineker stated: “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 previous.”
The BBC have but to verify the information.
Lineker scored 48 targets for England throughout a glittering profession that noticed him play for Leicester, Everton, Barcelona and Tottenham.