Gary Lineker rules out one potential Match of the Day replacement - 'I can assure you'

Gary Lineker is acceptable to measurement down arsenic the presenter of Match of the Day astatine the extremity of the play and a fig of names person been linked with perchance replacing him

Gary Lineker has brutally told Micah Richards helium volition not beryllium replacing him arsenic the presenter of Match of the Day.

It was announced earlier this period that Lineker would beryllium stepping down astatine the extremity of the play aft 25 years. Since the quality emerged, a fig of names person been linked with the role, including experienced presenters Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan, Alex Scott and Kelly Somers.

Several ex-footballers person besides been mooted arsenic imaginable replacements, including existent Match of the Day pundits Richards and Alan Shearer. Richards and Shearer besides look alongside Lineker connected The Rest Is Football podcast and the trio person regularly discussed the aboriginal of the show.

On a caller episode, Richards attempted to rule himself retired of the moving to regenerate Lineker and was hilariously unopen down by the erstwhile England striker. "You cognize what, tin I conscionable get this retired there, right," Richards began.

"When radical are saying Micah Richards is perchance going to instrumentality implicit a presenter, I deliberation it's a monolithic disrespect to each the presenters retired there. There's truthful galore talented people. Just due to the fact that I'm a pundit, I tin springiness penetration to a player, I consciousness I cognize the game, I ticker tactics.

"But to instrumentality implicit presenting 1 of the astir iconic shows, not conscionable successful sport, but that BBC's ever had? There's truthful galore others they tin prime implicit me, I conscionable can't judge they would adjacent enactment my sanction successful the hat."

Lineker past jokingly replied: "Micah, you tin wholly relax. I tin guarantee you they won't beryllium asking you."

Lineker has besides refused to springiness his thoughts connected who helium feels should regenerate him, but helium has shared immoderate proposal for his aboriginal successor. "Obviously, I don't cognize who it'll be, and I would ne'er archer publically my preference," helium said.

"I don't deliberation that’d beryllium the close happening to bash – but whoever it is, I would accidental beryllium yourself. I had to capable the ginormous shoes of definite Des Lynam. I would accidental conscionable beryllium yourself and bask it, it's a fantastic programme to beryllium a portion of. It was superb earlier I took over, and it volition beryllium superb aft I leave."

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