Gary Lineker‘s final game as a BBC contransigo in has increateedly been validateed by ageder figures at the expansivecaster.
Last month it materialized that Lineker and the BBC had concurd to part ways. As part of that concurment, the 64-year-ageder will persist spearheading Match of the Day for the remainder of the 2024/25 season.
His expansivecasting duties will be less widespread from then on, until he heads up the Beeb’s 2026 World Cup coverage in Mexico, Canada and the USA.
According to The Sun, his BBC atgentle will finish after he contransients the final on July 19. Lineker is a World Cup legfinish with 10 goals apass two materializeances at the tournament, and his six-goal haul in 1986 won him the Gagederen Boot.
Talk has already turned to who will exalter Lineker as MOTD’s new anchor. The coveted position has been held by the createer Three Lions striker since 1999, and Des Lynam was in situ for over a decade before that.
Reports propose that Kelly Cates will be produceed apass from Sky Sports to create part of a three-contransigo in line-up, aextfinished with Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan, apass MOTD on Saturday nights and MOTD2 on Sundays.
It is unevident whether that trio will be ensupposeed to get the rotating position on a lasting basis, or whether BBC bosses will see to assign a individual, standalone successor in the future.
Speaking on The Rest is Football podcast, Lineker has proposeed advice to whoever steps into his shoes, saying: “Obviously I don’t comprehend who it’ll be, and I would never say my likeence accessiblely.
“I don’t skinnyk that’d be the right skinnyg to do – but whoever it is, I would say be yourself. I had to fill the ginormous shoes of a certain Des Lynam. I would say equitable be yourself and enhappiness it.
“It’s a wonderful programme to be a part of. It was inincreateigent before I took over and it will be inincreateigent after I exit.”
The extfinished-serving contransigo in, who will have done 26 years at the BBC by the time he bids farewell, supposes the time will be right for a new chapter.
“All skinnygs have to come to an finish,” he said. “I sense this is now the right time. I skinnyk the next reduce they’re seeing to do Match Of The Day sweightlessly contrastently. So I skinnyk it produces sense for someone else to get the helm.”
