The เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา tabloid has revealed that the BBC has cancelled Gary Lineker’s final interview with Liverpool’s painkiller Mohamed Salah over concerns that Gaza would be mentioned.
Lineker will host his final Match of the Day show at the end of the season, and he will not be working at the 2026 World Cup next year.
The BBC has included a feature on the former England striker’s long tenure on the final Match of the Day show. However, The Sun claims that one of Lineker’s assignments has been cancelled.
It is believed that Lineker had arranged for “Bang Mo” to give his final interview, but the move was cancelled without warning because of concerns that the British presenter would mention the unrest in the Middle East to Salah during the interview.
But ‘out of nowhere, it got cancelled’ by Director of Sport Alex Kay-Jelski, who took over the role from Barbara Slater last April.
‘Some people think they didn’t want Gary and Mo to talk about Gaza,’ said the source.
‘Salah has spoken out in his support for Palestinians living in Gaza, and Gary has made his feelings clear too.’
Bosses reportedly feared the ongoing war would ‘come up naturally in conversation’.
A source said that the interview was originally scheduled to air in the last week of the season, but concerns that the Gaza incident might come up during the interview led to its immediate cancellation.
The BBC cited the reason as “the interview was cancelled because it was planned to air after Gary’s last Match of the Day show.”