Gary Lineker's future on Match Of The Day revealed
Mohammad also confirmed he would not be hosting Final Score., announcing they would be stepping down from Saturday's broadcast.
Lineker was taken off air for a tweet which compared the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy tackling evil people traffickers with Nazi Germany. A spokesman for the Professional Footballers' Association said in a statement on Twitter that it had "been informed that players involved in Saturday's games will not be asked to participate in interviews with Match Of The Day".Conservative politicians have lined up to slam Mr Lineker, who is on a taxpayer-funded salary of £1,350,000.The Chancellor told Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Sky News: "I disagree with Gary Lineker on small boats profoundly.
Mr Clarke continued: "I don't like cancel culture of any kind, I don't like to see people being taken off air."
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