"Gary Lineker presented Match of the Day for 26 years before he left the BBC in the summer of 2025. The former England striker had become a regular anchor on other sports coverage on the BBC but Lineker's home base was the flagship Premier League highlights show. His forthright political views on social media made Lineker a target online and BBC impartiality rules were thrown at him irrespective of whether he was ever actually in breach of them."
"Lineker, who is ranked at no.6 in FourFourTwo's list of the greatest ever British players to play abroad, started his playing career with home-town club Leicester City before signing for Everton in 1985 and Barcelona a year later. He spent three seasons at Spurs and ended his days as a Nagoya Grampus player in Japan in 1994. He scored 48 times in 80 senior appearances for England and won the Golden Boot at the World Cup in 1986."
Gary Lineker presented Match of the Day for 26 years and left the BBC in summer 2025. He remained the flagship Premier League highlights presenter but his political views on social media made him a target and BBC impartiality rules were applied to him. An antisemitism row overshadowed his final days at Match of the Day but his media career suffered no long-term damage. He now fronts The Rest Is Football podcast with Alan Shearer and Micah Richards and has won multiple awards since leaving. Lineker's playing career included Leicester, Everton, Barcelona, Spurs and Nagoya Grampus; he scored 48 goals in 80 England appearances and won the 1986 World Cup Golden Boot.
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