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Match of the Day is ready to lose Gary Lineker in 2025. (Photos by BBC)
Gary Lineker is ready to go away the BBC’s iconic present Match of the Day on the finish of the season after 26 years of internet hosting the soccer highlights programme.
The previous Everton striker has been the host of MOTD since 1999 and has change into one of many United Kingdom’s most beloved figures having been the face of the BBC’s soccer protection for over twenty years.
In line with the Every day Mail, Lineker’s time as host of MOTD will come to an finish upon the conclusion of the 2024/25 marketing campaign.
The 63-year-old can even put an finish to his time with the BBC completely after presenting the 2026 World Cup in America, Mexico, and Canada, in addition to the 2025/26 version of the FA Cup. This might be a serious change for the broadcaster as there’s a era of soccer followers that have no idea their protection with out the previous Tottenham star.
Lineker is the BBC’s highest-paid presenter with a reported wage of round £1.35million and his exit will release these funds to spend on manufacturing.
This information follows the departure of one other key MOTD determine on the finish of final season as Ian Wright ended his time as a pundit on the soccer highlights programme. Each males’s exits may have a serious impression on the present and will probably be attention-grabbing to see if it’s going to have an effect on viewing figures.
Gary Lineker is ready to go away the BBC’s iconic present Match of the Day. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Pictures)
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Who will substitute Gary Lineker because the host of Match of the Day?
Whoever follows Lineker has the host of Match of the Day as huge footwear to fill as that particular person may outline the present over the following decade.
In line with the Every day Mail, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan are seen because the favourites to exchange the previous England striker, with the previous receiving a glowing endorsement from Henry Winter.
“Mark Chapman is the perfect successor to Gary Lineker as MOTD host imho. Good journalist and presenter + rapport with pundits,” the journalist mentioned.
The 51-year-old already hosts Match of the Day 2 following the Premier League’s Sunday matches and it looks like a pure step for the presenter to be promoted to the principle present on a Saturday evening. Though Logan presents powerful competitors having been given the position of internet hosting the BBC’s new Champions League highlights programme.
