Soccer Saturday host Jeff Stelling has described Gary Lineker as a "top-notch" presenter in a light-hearted comment about the BBC's ongoing impartiality crisis.
The BBC forced Lineker to "step back" from presenting Match of the Day after he dared to criticise the government's inflammatory language towards migrants. BBC chiefs claim Lineker has breached their impartiality guidelines, but their decision has led to a backlash.
The BBC has previously allowed the likes of Andrew Neil and Alan Sugar to make political statements, while their chairman Richard Sharp is a Tory donor. More than 150,000 people have signed a potential - led by The Mirror - for Lineker to be reinstated.
