Gary Lineker has revealed that he will not be appearing on Match of the Day on Saturday - but not due a further suspension.
The former Leicester and Barcelona striker found himself at the heart of a row with employers BBC last month following a tweet regarding the government’s asylum policy. The decision was then made to take Lineker off air in the aftermath.
A number of his punditry colleagues followed suit soon after in a show of solidarity for the ex-striker. Match of the Day was still broadcast but only as a 20-minute highlight package, whilst shows such as Football Focus and Final Score did not take to screens in any iteration such was the scale of the disruption.
