Gary Lineker drops fresh hint over Match of the Day future
Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Gary Lineker accepts he will “have to slow down at some point”, with continuing speculation over his future on Match Of The Day. At some point, I have to slow down somewhere… I’m getting old.” The former England, Tottenham and Barcelona striker took over the BBC’s flagship football highlights show in 1999 after predecessor Des Lynam joined ITV. Lineker has been the BBC’s highest-paid on-air talent for seven consecutive years and was estimated to have earned £1.35million in the year 2023/24, according to the corporation’s annual report published in July.
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