"It's a terrible situation and decision": Lineker receives backing from Klopp and the crowd - voila! sport

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Gary Lineker's uproar and his suspension from the BBC's Match of the Day program continued to reverberate across England with reactions from media, football and even fans expressing support for the former striker and current commentator in stadiums on Saturday.

After the program took place without the commentator and without coverage at all with an empty studio from a presenter and a team of commentators who backed up Lineker's statements and behavior, the former striker chose to spend yesterday (Saturday) at the home stadium of Leicester, his former team.

The Englishman was warmly received by the local crowd who raised signs in his honor, sang his name and showed, along with the rest of the dignitaries in 'King Power', their love for Lineker.

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He also received love in the stands at the weekend.

A fan in the match between City and Palace (Photo: GettyImages)

Immediately after his arrival, and a few minutes before the start of the match in which the Foxes lost to Chelsea, the BBC issued a message to viewers in which they apologized for the lack of sports broadcasts on the channel following the Lineker affair, joined by friends and presenters: "BBC will only present a very limited content of sports programs this weekend And therefore our broadcast schedule will change accordingly. We apologize for the changes that create disappointment among our viewers and are working hard to address the situation and find a solution."

The peak of the protest came when the games at 17:00 (Israel time) were broadcast without a commentator and broadcaster, when all the broadcasters and commentators decided to join the protest as a sign of solidarity.

Later, the program was shortened to only 20 minutes, which was used by other sports broadcasting networks to ridicule and increase the ratings.

Besides Ian Wright, Germaine Dafoe and other past actors and commentators also announced that they will continue not to appear in the studios in the coming days.

Ian Wright's message of support

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Surprising support for Lineker came from Jurgen Klopp, the coach of Liverpool, who after the 1:0 loss to Bournemouth was asked about the whole incident and responded firmly: "I cannot understand how a person is asked to resign after such an incident, unable. Maybe it's because I'm not local, But this is the world we live in and it's hard. If I understand correctly, you can't talk about human rights, it should be a normative thing to talk about. It's a shitty situation, I don't understand how they expected him to resign, it's ridiculous. Maybe I'm too old, but I I don't understand the social networks that determine public opinion on such and such matters."

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Klopp (Photo: GettyImages)

On the other hand, according to reports, Lineker has already received a new and tempting offer from BT Sport, the broadcasting network that cooperates with TNT SPORTS and in which the English commentator has already broadcast the Champions League until 2021. After the explosion of the affair with the BBC, the company will try to surprise Lineker with an offer that currently seems to be far from making a decision regarding his future As a commentator on British television.

BT Sport wants a commentator to lead the team covering the Premier League on the channel.

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