Everton goalkeeper Asmir Begovic has thanked Gary Lineker for 'speaking up for the people with no voice' and 'the most vulnerable people out there'.
Lineker was told to step down from presenting Match of the Day on Friday after the broadcaster took exception to comments he made about the government's controversial new asylum policy earlier in the week.
The BBC's flagship football show was then thrown into crisis after its regular commentators joined a boycott of the programme in solidarity with Lineker. Earlier on Friday afternoon, pundits Ian Wright and Alan Shearer also pulled out last night’s show.
