Gary Lineker back on air to lead BBC’s FA Cup coverage -
Lineker was reinstated by the BBC on Monday after the public broadcaster backed down and reversed its suspension of the former soccer great following a huge backlash and major interruptions to its normal sports coverage last weekend.
“Alan, it’s great to be here,” Lineker said, his voice sounding more hoarse than usual, but he made no other reference to the recent turmoil in his opening remarks. “I just need to clear up and wanted to say how upset we were all the audiences who missed out on last weekend,” Shearer said. “It was a really difficult situation for everyone concerned. And through no fault of their own, some really great people in TV and in radio were put in an impossible situation. And that wasn’t fair. So it’s good to get back to some sort of normality and be talking about football again.”Lineker responded: “Absolutely.
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