Ian Wright and Alan Shearer have announced they will not be appearing on Match of the Day out of “solidarity” with Gary Lineker, who the BBC have asked to “step back” from presenting the show due to his use of social media.
Lineker has been involved in a row over impartiality after criticising the government’s asylum policy on small boats. The former England striker compared the government’s language in launching the policy with 1930s Germany.
