And in a recent interview with the BBC's Amol Rajan, Lineker said he sensed the BBC wanted him to leave as he negotiated a new contract last year. You can watch a clip of that below.

Gary Lineker has quit the BBC over the anti-Semitism row that erupted after he shared a social-media post featuring a rat.

Soccer pundit Gary Lineker will leave the BBC sooner than planned following an antisemitism row, the corporation has confirmed. Last week, Lineker shared a social media post about Zionism containing an illustration of a rat,