BBC booboo
The Telegraph says Gary Lineker is winning the fight the BBC tried to pick.
Gary Lineker is poised to return to work for the BBC next week as talks between the broadcaster and senior management figures continue.
The Telegraph understands there is a growing confidence that the corporation’s lead sports presenter will return in time for next weekend.
It would bring a welcome end to the crisis that has seen sport coverage across the network disrupted or cancelled this weekend after fellow pundits, commentators and reporters refused to work in protest at the way Lineker had been treated.
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Lineker has not said anything publicly since he was taken off air on Friday, spending his Saturday watching Leicester City 3-1 home defeat to Chelsea. But BBC director-general Tim Davie said on Saturday night that he wanted to “make sure he could come back” before describing the former England captain as the best sports presenter in the country.
In other words Lineker 1 BBC 0.
The thing about footballers is that no matter how rich and famous they are now, most of them come from working-class families, lots of them are black, and all of them understand the importance of working together as a team – 11 players who can’t cooperate will never win a match, no matter how brilliant they are individually. The BBC picked a fight with the wrong people.