Gary Lineker's job 'under threat' as 'irritated' BBC chief 'backs' MOTD host to be 'biggest casualty'
Gary Lineker is reportedly ‘under hassle’ of wasting his job as the ‘BBC’s newfangled sports supremo’ is ‘advice’ the Match of the Day spokesperson’s exit.
The 63-year-worn – who owned spells at Leicester Municipal void, FC Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur throughout his playing job – earned 80 England caps and reconditioned Des Lynam as the spokesperson of Match of the Day in 1999.
Last year, Lineker detected to weigh ago from his semblance via the BBC after swiping to social media to criticise the British federal government’s immigration gizmo.
Abounding officemateses joined him in objection, yet his rejoinder to the BBC was verified a couple of days after that.
Before the 2023/24 project, Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards launched The Rest is Football podcast and this has watched the spokesperson come to be very forthright.
Lineker has handily criticised Guy Utd in the middle of their odious start to this season, while the BBC were reportedly disclaimed ’scrutinized’ by his testimonies throughout Euro 2024.
His future at the BBC and Match of the Day is in unpredictability as his current agreement is due to expire at the expire of this season.
A newfangled report from The Day-to-day Mail claims ‘the BBC’s newfangled sports supremo – Alex Kay-Jelski – is advice moves to sliding an expire to Lineker’s period as Match of the Day host’.
Inside, it is said that Kay-Jelski is being referred to as ‘the hatchet dude’ subsequent his verdict to sack Jermaine Jenas after the previous England international was implicated of ‘unsuitable behaviour’.
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An wizard briefed The Day-to-day Mail: ‘Lineker’s job is horribly much under hassle.
‘He’s fronted Match of the Day for over 25 years, so the depict is due a readjust, and Kay-Jelski is the dude prepare for sufficient to turn on one.
‘His rough axing of Jenas authenticates he’s not resistant to earn considerable judgments and he has no stress around perhaps harrowing Lineker.
‘There’s a hold up against within Match of the Day a newfangled era is willing to kick in and Lineker will most certainly be the biggest casualty.’
The report adds: ‘Resources presently claim he wants to rejuvenate up the flagship depict by bringing in a newfangled spokesperson, who could radiance a ton more to a younger audience and opines the previous England demonstrator’s tag does not lug as much weight as it once did.
‘Plus, he perceives Lineker’s £1.35million a year income as ‘inordinate’ and has independently confessed Match of the Day site visitors would most certainly tune in no matter the host.
‘Kay-Jelski has been crude in endeavors via Lineker over the reconstruction of his current agreement, which expires at the expire of the football season.
‘It is realised that Kay-Jelski was puffy by Lineker’s famously forthright testimonies on his non-BBC podcast is hosts alongside MoTD officemateses Alan Shearer and Micah Richards, which is accumulated by his super own rewarding treatment provider Goalhanger.’
