Cult hero BBC host rules himself out of replacing Gary Lineker on Match of the Day with eight-word statement

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.