The BBC have released a statement regarding their decision to take Gary Lineker off the air from their Match of the Day coverage this weekend. The ex-England international was said to have "stepped back" from the programme after controversy regarding posts on social media.
Lineker made comparisons between the Government's new immigration policy and "Germany in the 30s", comments which caused quite a stir. Calls over his job were made and despite talks being held on Thursday over his position, a statement on Friday confirmed that the footballing icon would not feature for the broadcaster until an agreement was reached over social media usage.
It led to plenty of outrage and eventually the dominoes began to fall over those who were touted as potential options to take the hotseat. First was regular guest Ian Wright, who took to Twitter to say: "Everybody knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I’ve told the BBC I won’t be doing it tomorrow. Solidarity."
