Gary Lineker breaks silence as pundit set to return to Match of The Day following BBC apology

Gary Lineker described the incident as a “surreal few days” after being taken off air by the BBC for a tweet which compared language around the Government’s illegal immigration bill to 1930’s Germany. The decision to take Lineker off air caused backlash with pundits including Alan Shearer and Ian Wright refusing to appear on Match of The Day.

Several other football presenters, pundits and commentators followed suit, severely disrupting BBC’s football programming over the weekend. It led to the BBC airing Match of The Day with no analysis or commentary as well as being forced to cancel other shows such as Football Focus and BBC Radio 5 Live football phone in.