Match of the Day host Gary Lineker expected to leave the BBC

Gary Lineker BBC is scheduled to leave with an expected announcement on Monday.

Speculation escalates for the 64 -year -old player will step down after he presents his final match next week.

Lineker, who was included as the highest submitted by the BBC, was to remain at the forefront of the BBC coverage of the FA Cup for the next season and the World Cup in 2026, despite his previous announcement that he will leave today's match at the end of this season.

But last week he had to apologize after a postponement on social media about Zionism, which included an explanation of mice, and was used historically as an anti -Semitic insult.

Linker said that he expressed his regret for the references, adding that he would never share anything hostile to Semitism and that he deleted the post as soon as the science of the image symbolism.

Last week, the BBC's general manager said: “The BBC reputation is kept by everyone, and when someone makes a mistake, he costs us that.”

It is understood that the BBC presidents consider the position of Liker to be defended.

The former England striker has previously attracted criticism for his participation on social media in the past.

He was temporarily suspended by the British Broadcasting Corporation in March 2023 after the integrity class about a position he said that the language used to enhance the government asylum policy “is not different from those used by Germany in the 1930s.”

Then the BBC social media rules were rewritten for the offers of major programs outside the news and current affairs – including today's match – “a special responsibility in respecting the neutrality of the British Broadcasting Corporation, because of their PBC's personal file.”

In November 2024, Lineker announced his departure from today's match, but he said that he will remain with the BBC to the FA Cup and cover the World Cup.

In an interview earlier this year about leaving, Linker said he believed that the BBC wanted him to leave today's match while he was negotiating a new contract last year, saying: “Well, they may want me to leave. There was a feeling of that.”

The BBC did not comment on Lineker's suggestion at the time, but he described it as a “world -class introduction” and added that match today, “It is constantly developing to change viewing habits.”

Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan were announced as new men in the exhibition for the start of the 2025-26 season.

Lineker publicly did not comment on his departure from BBC.

In his interview last month, Lineker also reflected in his 2023 tweets, saying that he did not regret the comments and adds, “Will I do it, too late?

Speaking to Amol Rajan from the BBC, he pointed out that his next profession “will not be more numerous,” adding: “I think I will back down now” and I think I will focus more on the world of podcasts. “

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