The BBC have been rocked as a 'huge rift' opened up between the broadcaster and its Sport staff after an agreement was reached to bring Gary Lineker back.
The corporation stood Lineker down from his Match of the Day presenting duties on Friday amid a row with Conservative party MPs. Lineker had compared the language around the government's Illegal Migration Bill to that seen in 1930s Germany.
But the decision to temporarily remove him led to a fierce backlash among BBC Sport staff, with many of the on-air talent scheduled to feature in the weekend's programming pulling out, forcing large-scale disruption.