Gary Lineker is said to have refused to delete his tweet comparing the government's new asylum policy to Nazi Germany and is not responding to calls from BBC bosses.
It comes after the BBC confirmed earlier today that they would speak to the Match of the Day presenter after the comparison.
The football legend, 62, described the government's new Illegal Migration Bill - unveiled by Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Tuesday to a wave of backlash - as "beyond awful" .