Shearer and Wright sympathize with Lineker and won’t go to ‘Match of the Day’

Alan Shearer, the Premier’s all-time leading scorer and symbol of Newcastle, expressed solidarity this Friday with Gary Lineker, section of the program ‘Match of the Match’, and assured that he will not attend it as a commentator. The same was affirmed by another iconic former English player, Ian Wright.

“Everyone knows what ‘Match of the Day’ means to me, but I told the BBC that I will not join tomorrow. unity”, Wright (who won 33 England caps and played for Arsenal from 1991-1998) wrote on Twitter.

Lineker, a former England footballer, ex-Barcelona player and one of the UK’s biggest television figures, will stop presenting the BBC’s ‘Match of the Day’ programme, which he has directed since 1999, until he can reach an agreement with the public corporation about its use of social media.

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Lineker became the center of controversy in recent days for his criticism on Twitter of the UK Conservative government’s plan to deny asylum to migrants arriving in small boats.

The BBC, where Lineker is the highest paid With more than a million euros a year for his role as a presenter, he has a strict policy of neutrality in the networks for his journalists.