Tonight's Match Of The Day (MotD) will go ahead without a presenter, pundits and several regular commentators, as the fallout over Gary Lineker’s suspension from the show becomes "unmanageably big for the BBC". And players are reportedly planning to boycott the BBC when it comes to post match interviews, to show their support for the former England striker.
Former England footballers and MOTD regulars including Alan Shearer and Ian Wright had already announced they would be boycotting the show in solidarity with Lineker.
Late on Friday evening several of the show’s commentators shared a joint statement online, announcing they would also be stepping down from Saturday’s broadcast. “As commentators on MOTD, we have decided to step down from tomorrow night’s broadcast,” the statement read.
