If they do – the BBC get rid of Gary Lineker – I’m out, I’m gone. He then continued: “They need Gary Lineker to distract everybody because for me it is a human issue, it’s not political. “Gary Lineker, he retweeted from a German professor about – because the Hitler thing is what they all jumped on and everything like that. NUFC Legend and MOTD analyst Alan Shearer shortly after followed suit - with a number of other names such as Jermaine Jenas, Alex Scott and Micah Richards supporting Gary Lineker and co. It was subsequently announced that this evening's Match of the Day will go ahead without a presenter or punditry.

Source: Metro March 11, 2023 17:03 UTC