The former English soccer player Gary Lineker will present his successful sports program Match of the Day again next weekend after reaching an agreement with the BBC, after he was removed from the screen for his criticism of the government’s immigration plan and that he wrote in Twitter.
Lineker, the highest paid presenter of the British public corporation, has reached an agreement with the management of the BBC after the absence of the former Barcelona player from the screen forced the entity to almost paralyze its sports programming last weekend .
“Gary is a valuable part of the network and I know how much he means to the BBC,” BBC CEO Tim Davie said in a statement, also apologizing for the decision to suspend the media star.
What happened?
A scandal revolutionized Great Britain in recent days. The BBC made the drastic decision to remove Gary Lineker of the usual programming due to a controversy following a message posted on social media. His colleagues sympathized with his situation.
Lineker’s message
The former England footballer had criticized the UK government-backed immigration bill. “This is horrible. There is no huge influx. We accept far fewer refugees than other major European countries. This is just an immeasurably cruel policy targeting the most vulnerable people in language not unlike that used by Germany in the 1930s.”he wrote on his Twitter account last Tuesday.
The BBC decision
The publication began to gain thousands of interactions, with diverse opinions, more than 60,000 likes and 11,000 retweets. Obviously, your message reached the offices of the BBC, which decided that Lineker stopped being the presenter of Match of the Day for “violation of its rules”.
As they explained from the media, the decision will have a review soon and it is not final. “He will stop presenting Match of the Day until we have a clear and agreed position on his use of social media”wrote the news network.
His colleagues support him
Ian Wright, one of his colleagues, went out to bank him via Twitter and announced that he will not participate in the program either to show solidarity with Gary: “Everyone knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I told the BBC I won’t do it tomorrow. Solidarity.”.
Another who spoke on the matter was Gary Nevillewho wrote citing the news about Lineker’s temporary departure: “When you face the ‘Tories’ and the system. Horrible people we need to go”.
In the end, as in the area, Lineker, the old friend of Diego Maradona and admirer of Lionel Messi. An English gentleman.
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