LINEKER STALLING ON BBC GIG

GARY LINEKER has yet to commit to presenting the BBC’s Champions League coverage when their highlights programme begins next year. Lineker is wanted by BT Sport to become the face of the rebranded TNT Sports next season, although the new venture is making up to 200 staff redundant and a formal offer is not imminent. The BBC have the rights to Champions League highlights for the first time from 2024, with Lineker’s BBC contract running until 2025. The Match of the Day presenter returns to screens this evening following last weekend’s extraordinary boycott. Talks with the BBC over his future will take place at the end of the season.