Lineker accuses journalists of 'silliness' over England criticism as squad 'totally understand' his 'fair' views

Gary Lineker has hit back at ideas that his podcast criticism of the England team is the justification Gareth Southgate vacated his post as employer.

Southgate revealed on Tuesday that he had tipped down as 3 Lions optimal pooch after 8 predominantly effective years at the helm.

The former Middlesbrough optimal pooch routed England to a Planet Cup semi-last and also back-to-back European Championship finals, narrowly dropping short on both occasions.

Southgate vacates with his head hosted high despite criticism of his schemes and also team selection throughout Euro 2024, which inevitably finished with a 2-1 loss to Spain in the Berlin last on Sunday.

Lineker as seamlessly as most other practitioners and also former players were critical of the England players and also, at times, Southgate also for the 3 Lions’ poor displays at the event.

England tinkered predominantly within themselves upward until the semi-finals and also Lineker labelled their display against Denmark in the team stage as “sh*t”, something the BBC presenter refutes.

Chatting in an interview with The Conservationist, Lineker asserted: “I got shafted a miniscule particle with that. I never ever asserted that either Harry Kane or England were s—. I listened back to render sure. I asserted ‘it’ was s—, ‘it’ being the arcade. Yet it goes to Harry as ‘Gary Lineker says you were s—’, which is a miniscule particle naughty.”

And on The Rest Is Football podcast, Lineker snugly insists that he and also his other practitioners on the illustrate have been “indisputably bazaar” about England throughout the event.

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Lineker asserted: “We’ve been indisputably bazaar on England. There’s zero uncertainty about that. Yet I believe… it’s time for adjust. Probably for Gareth’s well-being as seamlessly, since it have to be such a straining obligation.”

Lineker had asserted he had been gained fears by reporters, “Perform you believe it’s since of what you asserted on the Rest Is Football at the embarking of the event?”
The former England demonstrator added: “Truthfully. They recurrently dare to postured a wedge between us and also players and also management. Purely the silliness of it.”

To which Manchester Metropolitan void and also England defender Micah Richards asserted such ideas were “totally silly” on the duo and also Alan Shearer.

On Southgate, Ricahards lingered: “As a individual, as a individual, in which he’s taken England, he’s done an phenomenal obligation. I just truly feel for him and also for everybody sending ahead, it was most certainly the proper perseverance.”

Motto their criticism of Southgate earlier in the event, Lineker added: “We were critical at times, since you can’t say when a team is not playing horribly seamlessly, that they tinkered seamlessly. If they tinkered disturbingly, you say they tinkered disturbingly, and also they did in the early portion of the event.

“There’s zero question about that. Yet after that to dare and also render it that that’s the justification, that criticism is the justification he’s gone. It’s not. It’s not that at unanimously.

“We speak to the players and also they totally become aware in which it’s prepared for from.”