'It’s bonkers isn’t it? It’s amazing what one tweet can do.'
from his presenting role of the Saturday night Premier League round-up show – which he has done so since 1999.and the Premier League’s all-time top scorer Alan Shearer then stated they will not feature on Match of the Day where they offer their analysis as pundits in solidarity to their colleague.
His co-host Andy Goldstein added: “I understand it, but it just feels like we are living in an age now where whatever you do is, ‘sack him, get rid of him, take him off the tele.'” “Whatever you tweet, say, do, people are automatically like, ‘sack him, cancel him’, and that seems to be the norm nowadays.Wright and Shearer have announced they won’t appear on Match of the Day as a sign of solidarity
Greg Dyke, the BBC director-general between 2000 and 2004 and ex-FA chairman, said the broadcaster was ‘mistaken’ in standing Lineker down.He said: “If you start applying the rules of news and current affairs to everybody who works for the BBC, where does it end?
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