Gary Lineker is reported to have broken down and cried after learning many of his co-presenters on Match of the Day publicly lent him their support by walking out on the show after BBC bosses took him off air.
Ian Wright and Alan Shearer announced their “solidarity” with 62-year-old Lineker by stating they would not be taking part in tonight's highlights programme. It came after Lineker had posted on social media that he thought the Government’s language relating to the cross-Channel migrants issue was redolent of that used in 1930s Germany.
Footballers are reportedly planning to refuse interviews to the BBC over the row. And commentators have also "decided to step down" from Saturday's programme, in a show of support for the host.
