Gary Lineker tore up when he said an emotional farewell of the iconic match of the day show after the controversial decision of the BBC to be ax.
The popular presenter thanked his colleagues and the Match of the day The show presents staff for his 26 years.
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Huldesten came in from former legendary teammates, managers, players and colleagues in a sincere farewell assembly that the show closed.
His fellow gastheer Alan Shearer and Micah Richards then presented a tearful Gary Lineker with a golden boot.
The program was opened with clips from the former football player in action on the field – followed by the words “the end of an era”.
Gary Lineker started to present his final Match of the day Saying: “It was not meant to end this way” before they refer to the title race that was over and the qualification of the Champions League was all you were to focus on.
During the show, the former football captain of England interviewed Liverpool -Baas Arne Slot, who offered praise for the presenter.
“And thank you for being such a great host of a BBC show that I have looked at many times,” said Arne Slot.
The Liverpool manager added: “I would like to give you a Liverpool shirt instead of the other club you played for!”
Gary was previously spotted and looked relaxed in a checked shirt and jeans, smiling as he arrived in the studios.
Tonight’s BBC Online Preview said: “The best promotion of the last day of the Premier League season, presented for the last time by Gary Lineker.”
However, it came after he recently left colleagues in no doubt about his feelings BBC Sports director Alex Kay-Jelski.
Gary Lineker apologizes for anti -Semitic Post and confirms that he will stop at BBC next week
He was seen to sniff his boss and comments about him who were described as “bone”.
The 64-year-old had to cover next year Fa -Cup And World cup But early early.
It follows a controversial row about his use of social media.
The BBC has devised a new format, but have tried presenters to replace Gary Lineker next season.
Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman and Gabby Logan have large shoes to fill.
The Leicester, born in Leicester, who seamlessly moved from football player to one of the most famous presenters in the company, was temporarily suspended in March 2023.
He was engaged in one impartiality During comments he made the criticism of the new asylum policy of the then government.
In November 2024 he announced that he would resign from presenting the competition of the day at the end of the season, but would still organize the World Cup and FA Cup cover.
He left the broadcaster early After his apologies for sharing and then removing a message on his Instagram account of the Palestine Lobby group.
It was illustrated with a photo of a rat that led him to be fired.
A statement from Lineker Read: “I care a lot about the game, and for the work I have done with the BBC for many years. As I said, I would never consciously post something anti-Semitic again against everything I stand for.
“However, I recognize the mistake and upset that I have caused, and repeat how sorry I am. A step back now takes the responsible way of acting.”
After this, the BBC said Lineker Would leave his presenting role after the conclusion of the competition of the day before the 2024/25 season.
The broadcaster added that he would do that Do not present the coverage of the World Cup 2026 or the FA Cup of next season.
But the ex-England Captain suggested that he wants to leave traditional television when asked in an interview about his schedule after Motd.
Only a few days before he has his exit of the BBC On Monday Lineker told the Podcast Beyond The Title: “I have a large podcast company professionally and I think it takes quite a bit of my time and it will probably take a little more now.
“It is really exciting and it is a lot of fun. We are doing very well. I don’t think I will do a lot of television.
‘Really proud’
“Hopefully I am in a position where I can just choose things that I really want to do. So I really think the podcast world.”
Lineker also stated that his temporary employment career made him more proud than his on-pitch heroicism for teams such as Leicester” Everton” Trail And Barcelona.
He added: “I am probably a bit proud of what I did when broadcasting then possible football, because I always said I was born to be in the box, not on the box.
“I had to work very hard on television.
“I had to work hard on football, but it came naturally, while television did not come naturally.
“It took a lot of hard work and effort and determination and studying and things from other people and how they do it.
“In the end I got there. I am probably proud of the fact that I got the top in the broadcast.”
Leicester Fan Lineker runs production company Goalhanger podcasts, behind Hit series The rest is football with Alan Shearer and Micah Richards.
How Gary Lineker became the best paid star of the BBC
Gary Lineker has been organizing the competition of the day for more than 25 years, but will leave the role earlier than expected after a row over his use of social media.
The Leicester, born in Leicester, who moved seamlessly from football player to one of the most famous and highly paid presenters at the company, started his career in Leicester City, the club he had supported since his youth, in 1978.
The 64-year-old striker scored 103 goals for the Foxes in all competitions before he signed Everton for £ 800,000 in 1985.
He scored 40 goals in 57 matches for the toffees in his only season with the Liverpool -based side, before his six goals for England on the World Cup 1986 in Mexico in Mexico won him the Golden Boot Award of the competition and attracted the Spanish football giants Barcelona.
Lineker moved to the Catalan side and became the highest scoring British player in La Liga, the highest football division in Spain, under the English manager Terry Venables.
His record 42 goals were only defeated by Welsh Winger Gareth Bale in 2016.
Lineker spent three years in Spain before he moved to Tottenham Hotspur for £ 1.1 million in July 1989.
He played a role in the run from England to the semi-final of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, which resulted in a defeat about penalties against West Germany.
After the game, Lineker, who led the lions from 1990 to 1992, came up with the expression: “Football is a simple match: 22 men chase 90 minutes a ball behind and at the end the Germans win.”
He won the 1991 FA Cup final with Spurs, in which he defeated Nottingham Forest with 2-1, despite the fact that he had a goal that was not allowed for offside and forest goalkeeper Mark Crossley who saved a penalty.
In 1992 Lineker became the first English football player to play in the highest division of Japan, the J League, when he became a member of Nagoya Grampus Eight for £ 2 million.
He withdrew after an injury hit of two years in the club that saw him play only 23 times.
During his career, Lineker was known for never receiving a yellow or red card booking from the referee.
After his retirement, Lineker joined BBC Radio 5 Live as a football point before he became a team captain in the sports game show, they think it is all over from 1995 to 2003.
In 1997 he took over as a host of Tribune when the then prominent Desmond Lynam was in Aintree for the Grand National who was abandoned because of a bomb alarm.
He replaced Lynam as presenter of the BBC’s flagship Football Highlights Program Match of the day in 1999, when Lynam Death until rival ITV.
Lineker would later become the best -paid presenter of the company, with the annual report of the BBC for 2023/24 which shows that his salary is around £ 1.35 million per year.
He was temporarily suspended from the BBC in March 2023 after an impartiality between comments about comments he criticized the new asylum policy of the government of the then government.
In November 2024 he announced that he would resign from presenting the competition of the day at the end of the season, but would still organize the World Cup and FA Cup cover.
However, he left the broadcaster, after apologizing for sharing and then removing a message on his Instagram account of the Palestine Lobby group, illustrated with a photo of a rat that led him to be fired from the campaign against anti -Semitism (CAA).
After this, the BBC said that Lineker would leave his presenting role after the conclusion of the day before the 2024/25 season and added that he would not present the coverage of the World Cup 2026 or the FA Cup of next season.
Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman will share the presenting role in the football show from the next Premier League season.
The former striker of England is also co-founder of Goalhanger Podcasts, makers of the popular The Rest is History Series and his spin-offs about politics, football, entertainment and money.
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