Gary Lineker says 'right time' to leave Match Of The Day

‘I hosted Match of the Day for 24 years – this is my one piece of advice to new presenter’
‘Obviously I don’t know who it will be and I would never tell publicly my preference, I don’t think that would be the right thing to do,’ said Lineker, broaching the subject of who would inherit the reins on his The Rest is Football Podcast. ‘Whoever it is be yourself. I had to fill the ginormous shoes of a certain Des Lynam.
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