Alan Shearer rules himself out of hosting Match Of The Day

The erstwhile England striker, 54, is simply a regular connected the BBC shot highlights programme and besides presents podcast The Rest Is Football with Lineker and ex-Manchester City subordinate Micah Richards.

The BBC announced this period that Lineker volition permission MOTD astatine the extremity of the season, but volition proceed to beforehand sum of the FA Cup successful 2025/26 and the World Cup successful 2026.

Shearer recounted connected the podcast with Lineker however helium opened Saturday’s occurrence of MOTD by doing a portion to camera, saying: “All bully things indispensable travel to an end” successful a light-hearted skit.

Lineker then appeared, and said: “Yes Alan – Lee Carsley’s England reign is over. It’s backmost to concern successful the Premier League.”

“By the way, I was truthful nervous, due to the fact that we’d lone decided to bash that a infinitesimal oregon 2 earlier we went connected air,” Shearer said connected The Rest Is Football.

“I lone had to accidental 8 words, and I was shitting myself. I’ve got a caller respect for presenters.”

He added that helium was disquieted astir looking a “right idiot”, and helium was “sweating” connected the podcast conscionable reasoning astir the moment.

Told by Lineker helium has precocious canvass likelihood of taking implicit MOTD, Shearer replied: “No, I’m rather blessed doing what I’m doing truthful I’ll permission that to the experts.”

Shearer is besides a subordinate of the BBC’s Football Focus line-up, and appears connected a sheet for the corporation’s FA and World Cup coverage.

The Rest is Football volition statesman airing connected BBC Sounds from November 27 aft being uploaded elsewhere successful an archetypal one-year licensing woody with Lineker’s co-founded institution Goalhanger.

Mark Chapman, Alex Scott, Kelly Cates and Gabby Logan are among those being tipped arsenic candidates to regenerate Lineker connected MOTD.