{"id":18033,"date":"2024-11-12T12:14:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T12:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=18033"},"modified":"2024-11-12T12:14:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T12:14:39","slug":"gary-linekers-most-controversial-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/gary-linekers-most-controversial-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Lineker’s Most Controversial Social Media Posts As BBC Sport Confirm End To His MOTD Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the confirmation of his Match of the Day exit, what are Gary Lineker’s most controversial posts?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The BBC announced on November 11 that the presenter would be leaving his role at the end of the 2024\/25 season<\/a>. However, Lineker will stay on to present FA Cup and the FIFA World Cup coverage in 2026.<\/p>\n

During his tenure with the broadcaster – which will have spanned over a quarter of a century – the former football star has not gone without well-publicised quarrels.<\/p>\n

At the time of his departure, Lineker<\/a> will still be the BBC’s highest-paid presenter. Something of which has kept him in the headlines alongside his often controversial use of social media.<\/p>\n

Qatar World Cup 2022<\/h2>\n

Prior to the Qatar World Cup in 2022, one of Gary Lineker’s most controversial posts was aimed at then-foreign secretary James Cleverly. Lineker really didn’t hold back.<\/p>\n

Cleverly explained how LGBT+ football fans should display ‘respect for the host nation’ – whereby homosexuality is still illegal. This prompted Lineker’s fiery response.<\/p>\n

“Whatever you do, don\u2019t do anything Gay. Is that the message<\/em>?\u201d The 63-year-old said is response to Cleverly. Once the tournament started, Lineker opened the BBC\u2019s broadcast coverage with a series of subtle jibes about Qatar.<\/p>\n

The Tory Migrant Policy<\/h2>\n

In March 2023, Gary Lineker posted on X, formerly Twitter, about his displeasure and dismay regarding a tweet on the Tory migrant policy.<\/p>\n

Lineker has regularly expressed his support for a liberal approach to UK border controls. He has also shared similar opinions about a second EU referendum. Now, here comes the prickly part.<\/p>\n

The MOTD presenter called the government’s migrant policy ‘immeasurably cruel’ and compared the language around it to 1930s Nazi Germany. The BBC went as far as removing him before he was later reinstated.<\/p>\n

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There is no huge influx. We take far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s, and I\u2019m out of order?<\/p>\n

— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) March 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n