Match of the Day, he would have shown us Liverpool sashaying to their first league title in 30 years in May and, on BT Sport, the closing stages of the Champions League.
From next week, he’d have been our host for England’s latest quest for glory at Euro 2020.As it is, the Euros have been postponed for 12 months, the Champions League will return in due course, and the Premier League is scheduled to restart on 17 June, albeit without spectators.‘I’m excited to see a bit of live sport again, especially football,’ Lineker says. ‘We’ve seen from Germany [where football restarted in mid-May] that it seems to be going OK.
It’s not quite the same behind closed doors, but it’s better than nothing.’Lineker now has a couple of weeks to think about.
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