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Gary Lineker thinks at least one of him and his 'Match of the Day' co-stars will "probably" get dementia. The 60-year-old former footballer admitted he and co-stars Alan Shearer and Ian Wright fear they will contract the disease in the future due to years of heading balls after research showed professional ex-soccer players are 3.

Gary Lineker says he will be undergoing extra checks for dementia this summer after being left fearful of the long-lasting effects of heading a football.Lineker, 60, revealed on talkSPORT that he and Match of the Day colleagues Alan Shearer and Ian Wright are all worried about the chances of developing the disease after years of scoring headers.Research has shown that ex-pros are 3.5 times more likely to die of dementia then the general population, which has led to calls for heading to be banned in the game.The brain disorder has already caused the deaths of four England 1966 World Cup heroes - Nobby Stiles, Jack Charlton, Martin Peters and Ray Wilson.Bobby Charlton was also diagnosed with dementia last year, while former Manchester United

Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton. Jack Charlton, Martin Peters, Ray Wilson and more recently Nobby Stiles have all passed away following brain injury diseases over the past few years.

the Mirror reports . Sir Geoff Hurst and Gordon Banks were among those present, with Mike Summerbee also in attendance.Bobby and Jack first fell out in 1996 when young sibling Jack accused his brother of not visiting their mother, Cissie, before her death.Jack claimed that there was a clash between Bobby's wife Norma and Cissie which caused the disagreement.Over a decade later, the pair were still at odds with one another, with Bobby branding Jack at bully, adding that Jack's comments on Norma were "absolutely disgraceful" and "mistaken".In a book released in 2007, Bobby said: "My wife is a very strong character and does not suffer fools gladly.