Former England’s top scorer, Gary Linker, was persecuted and excluded from his work due to a porting of Semitic, despite his later apologies and deleted the post.
The BBC ended the contract with Linker, and said in a statement today, Monday, that the former England captain and made football on British television for more than two decades, will leave the BBC.
Linker, 64, was scheduled to cover the 2026 World Cup in favor of the British Authority, but his early departure comes after his apology last week for his participation in social media about Zionism, which included a picture of an mouse, which was used historically as anti -Semitic insult.
“What is happening in Gaza is the worst thing.”
“What is happening in Gaza is the worst thing I have seen in my life, and there is a lot of pressure on the personalities in Britain in order to remain silent,” Linker said in previous statements reported by the British newspaper “Daily Mail” in the middle of last year.
“There are severe pressure against people who speak publicly against Israel, but I can speak because I am somewhat safe and I cannot silence,” he added.
Linker rose to become the highest BBC star after presenting the “Match of the Day” program for 25 years. BBC announced last November that it will leave the program, but will continue to work on it until 2026.
“Garry admitted the mistake he made. Accordingly, we agreed that he would stop presenting programs after this season,” Tim Derevi, General Manager of the BBC (BBC) said in a statement.
Linker repeated his apology, saying that he would not deliberately re -publish anything to Semitism.
“Nevertheless, I was admitted to the error and inconvenience that caused it, and expressed my regret. It seems to me now the responsible behavior,” he said.
In recent years, Linker’s declaration of his political views on social media has caused a headache for the BBC, which has strict rules on neutrality.
In 2023, Lenker temporarily stopped appearing directly after criticizing the immigration policy that the previous government pursued on social media.
In 2018, Britain’s exit from the European Union and called for a second referendum to vote again on the exit.
Last week, Linker apologized for re -spreading materials on his Instagram account, saying that he deleted the publications after he learned of the abusive signals.
The former striker played with England for 8 years until 1992 and was the top scorer for the Leicester City, Everton and Tottenham in the 1980s and early 1990s.
He is also the co -founder of the Voice Broadcasting Company, Gulhangger.
