Former England striker will relinquish role at the end of the 2024-25 season, but will stay at BBC until 2026
He is believed to have signed an 18-month contract with the BBC that will cover the next Fifa World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico, but will step back from the broadcaster’s football highlights programme at the end of the 2024/25 season. BBC News said thatThe former England striker, 63, took over in the chair from Des Lynam in 1999, and has been a presence on football fans’ screens on Saturday nights for 25 years.award for his work on Match of the Day in 2017.
He spoke about his future on Match of the Day in an interview with BBC Breakfast in August. Lineker said it had been a privilege to present the show for the past 25 years and that he did not know how long he had left on it. “It depends how long they want me, I suppose,” he said. “I love doing it at the moment. I’ve still got another year left, at least. So we’ll have to wait and see what happens.”
Lineker is England’s leading World Cup goalscorer, and was the top scorer in the English game’s top flight in three seasons, for three different clubs.
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