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Gary Lineker and the BBC have announced that the presenter and former football is to step down from his role as host at the end of the season. Daniel Wales reports.
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00:00I didn't do punditry for very long. I wanted Des's job.
00:03Since 1999, Gary Lineker has been the face of BBC's Match of the Day,
00:08but now the presenter and former footballer has announced he is to step down from the role at the
00:13end of the season. Lineker took over the mantle when previous host Des Lynham moved to ITV,
00:20having already appeared on the show as a pundit following his retirement from professional
00:24football. Alongside pundits such as Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Mark Lawrenson,
00:29Alan Hansen and Mika Richards, Lineker has had many memorable moments presenting the show,
00:34perhaps most notably hosting the opening segment to the first programme of the 2016-17 season in
00:40nothing but his boxer shorts, having said he would do so if his own team Leicester City won
00:44the Premier League the previous year, which of course they did. It is currently unclear who will
00:49replace Lineker, with Mark Chapman and Alex Scott both tipped as potential candidates.
00:55Hey, tell you what, football's back. Any good? Have I got the job?

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