Match of the Day is a British institution but it could be very different for the 2025/26 season. The BBC have already announced that host Gary Lineker will leave at the end of the current campaign. Away from Lineker’s eventual successor, there could be even more changes behind the scenes at Match of the Day. Image: Getty Images) Getty Images)Who should be Gary Lineker's replacement? It has been suggested that BBC director of sport, Alex Kay-Jelski, has lined up Kemp for a ‘digital role’.