Ian Wright says he will not appear on Match of the Day tomorrow in 'solidarity' with Gary Lineker after the BBC said the presenter is stepping back from hosting the programme.
Ian Wright says he will not appear on Match of the Day tomorrow in"solidarity" with Gary Lineker after the BBC said the presenter is stepping back from hosting the programme.
In reaction to the news, Wright tweeted:"Everybody knows what Match of the Day means to me, but I've told the BBC I won't be doing it tomorrow. Solidarity."Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville was among them. He tweeted:"When you take on the Tories and the system! Awful people who we need gone. Off for a ."
Former BBC journalist Jon Sopel drew a comparison with the corporation's chairman Richard Sharp, who has been involved in a cronyism row over him helping Boris Johnson secure an £800,000 loan facility. The former BBC correspondent tweeted:"Lucky there are no producer guidelines on whether you need to declare facilitating an £800k loan to a prime minister while applying for a job as chairman of a broadcasting organisation..."
Despite the BBC's statement, Sky News understands that Lineker has not agreed to this, and the statement is incorrect.
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