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Shearer has made a nationalist connection astir his aboriginal connected the show
- Henry Tomlinson, Freelance Sports Reporter
- Published: 9:56, 15 Nov 2024
- Updated: 9:56, 15 Nov 2024
ALAN SHEARER has reportedly signed a caller woody with the BBC pursuing Gary Lineker's bombshell announcement.
The Match of the Day presenter volition beryllium stepping down aft 2 decades successful the role.
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Lineker, 63, volition permission the flagship amusement astatine the extremity of the play but volition contiguous sum of the FA Cup successful 2025/26 and the World Cup successful 2026.
However, it appears that Shearer volition beryllium staying connected the amusement for the foreseeable future.
The Daily Mail person claimed that Shearer has enactment pen to insubstantial to proceed connected MOTD.
It is suggested that the woody volition support the Newcastle fable connected the sheet arsenic 1 of the "key on-screen experts".
BBC figures released successful the summertime revealed that Shearer pocketed £380,000 past year.
However, this fig was down from the £445,000 the anterior year.
The study claims that the 54-year-old took a reduced paycheck arsenic the BBC chopped their costs.
The all-time Premier League goalscorer started moving connected the amusement backmost successful 2006.
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It is besides suggested that the broadcaster and Shearer person been successful negotiations for immoderate time.
It says that the 2 parties were talking earlier Lineker decided to permission aft 26 years.
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The brace volition proceed to enactment unneurotic connected The Rest Is Football podcast.
Shearer has made a nationalist connection implicit his aboriginal connected MOTD.
He joked that helium would besides not beryllium signing a caller declaration if pundit Micah Richards was named arsenic the host.
He joked: "That is simply a f***ing monolithic interest by the way.
"I'm not signing my caller declaration if you're a presenter by the way."
Paul Gascoigne claimed that Shearer would marque a good big for the amusement simply due to the fact that helium "loves a spot of money".
Mark Chapman is 1 of the favourites to beryllium named the caller big of the show.
However, it is believed that helium has refused the chance to stock the occupation with Kelly Somers.
Who could regenerate Gary Lineker arsenic MOTD host?
GARY LINEKER dropped the daze quality that helium is QUITTING Match of the Day.
The fashionable presenter, 63, took implicit hosting duties connected the flagship BBC programme from Des Lynam successful 1999.
But aft much than 25 years successful the workplace hotseat, helium has called clip connected his MOTD gig.
But arsenic portion of a immense shake-up, the BBC is considering rotating the presenters connected a play basis.
So with Lineker vacating the chair, caller names volition measurement into his elephantine boots. But who could they be?
MARK CHAPMAN
Chapman, 51, is the evident aboriginal favourite to travel connected from Lineker arsenic MOTD presenter.
He already has the gig arsenic MOTD2 big connected a Sunday nighttime positive landed the presenting occupation for the caller BBC Champions League highlights show.
ALEX SCOTT
Scott gets the motion from the Beeb bosses erstwhile Lineker is away.
The erstwhile right-back, 40, is utilized to presenting the Saturday nighttime amusement arsenic good arsenic unrecorded lucifer sum - positive ticks the container arsenic a erstwhile England international.
GABBY LOGAN
Like Scott, Logan, 51, is 1 of the understudies to measurement successful erstwhile Lineker is not available.
She has done astir gigs since joining the BBC successful 2007, including Olympics, Sports Personality of the Year and Final Score.
MICAH RICHARDS
Lineker's apical prime to regenerate him is exuberant erstwhile Man City defender Richards.
The departing big told his adjacent pal, 36, connected their Stick to Football podcast: "I'd emotion to spot you instrumentality implicit Micah, I deliberation you'd beryllium superb successful the chair."
JASON MOHAMMAD
Mohammad could gain the "promotion" from Final Score to Match of the Day.
The 51-year-old Welshman - who took implicit from Logan successful 2013 - is 1 of the BBC's apical earners already and is much elder than chap Final Score and BBC Sport broadcaster Kelly Somers, who could successful mentation go the main unrecorded big for the day slot.
JEFF STELLING
He couldn't, could he? While Lineker has been the look of Saturday nighttime TV for shot fans for years, the look of the afternoons was Stelling successful his relation arsenic Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday presenter.
He would bring plentifulness of on-screen charisma, wit and legendary TV expertise - but astatine astir 70 and presently with talkSPORT, the Hartlepool instrumentality would not beryllium a inexpensive oregon semipermanent appointment.
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