Gary Lineker: BBC presenter steps back from duties as Match of the Day host | Football News

Gary Lineker is stepping back from his duties as Match of the Day presenter, the BBC has said in a statement.

The BBC said: “Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use.

“It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government’s new asylum policy.

“In a tweet, the presenter had compared the language used by the government to set out its plan to “that used by Germany in the 30s”.”

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