After years of tweaking the tail of BBC bosses, it seems that Gary Lineker has finally had enough. The left-wing centre forward is reportedly stepping down from Match of the Day at the end of this season after 25 years in post. The 63-year-old is currently the Beeb’s highest-paid star, earning more than £1.3m a year. So at least the accountants will be cheering eh Gazza?
The former Leicester City star is likely to be spending more time with his millions, thanks to his wildly successful ‘Goalhanger’ series of podcasts. He will now be freed from the Corporation’s impartiality rules meaning, at long last, we can finally know what Gary Lineker thinks about everything from Channel crossings to the West Bank. Phew! Must have been hard keeping all those thoughts bottled up for so long…
Beeb bosses will no doubt be delighted to get the achingly right-on Lineker off their books. From sniping
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