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GARY LINEKER SAID hosting Match Of The Day for more than two decades has been “an absolute joy and privilege”, but that it is “the right time” for him to exit and “someone else to take the helm” as the BBC looks to make changes to the programme.
“It came at a point where really the BBC and Match Of The Day, they’ve got the rights for another three years, the cycle starts from next season so it felt like if I just do one more year it would be a bit weird.” Lineker refused to speculate who would be taking his place, as rumours grew around Mark Chapman, the regular Match Of The Day 2 presenter, Football Focus host Alex Scott, and BBC sports coverage presenter Gabby Logan.
“I look back and it’s been an amazing experience, and I feel incredibly fortunate,” he said, before confirming he will still watch Match Of The Day. “I’ve had a lot of chaos over the last couple of years in many ways,” Lineker joked, saying he was on “first-name terms with some of the people that stand outside my front door”.
Lineker will continue with the MOTD Top Ten podcast alongside his The Rest Is Football podcast, which also features BBC pundits Alan Shearer and Micah Richards.“You’ve been in the game for 25 years at the highest level, people don’t do that, and you’ve done that for 25 years,” he said on the podcast.
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