BBC Chiefs delivered a final snub to Gary Lineker when they appix his last interview without warning – just before his last game of the day.
He would talk to Liverpool – goal hero Mo Salah, but there were fears that Lineker – involved in an online row about an anti -Semitic post – would say something controversial about Gaza.
A source said the plug was drawn by director of Sport Alex Kay-Jelski, who got the job last summer.
The sun has revealed that there was “No Love Lost” between Lineker and Kay-Jelski with the ex-England hero reportedly the cold shoulder on the FA Cup final.
An insider said: “The plan was that the interview in the BBC was shown the weekend of Gary's last game of the day.
“That would include football focus the day before, as well as online and on social media.
“It was canceled out of nowhere.
“Some people think they didn't want Gary and Mo to talk about Gaza.
“Salah has expressed himself in his support for Palestinians who live in Gaza and Gary has also made his feelings clear.
“It felt like it came in a natural way.
“It seems that they have settled it instead of possible editorial problems.
“They had only overcome one storm, so it would have been another nightmare.”
The sun revealed that Gary, 64, left the BBC after 26 years after his parts of an Instagram post that criticized Zionism.
It included an illustration of a rat – historically used as an anti -Semitic Smet.
With the BBC, which comes under increasingly intense pressure, Lineker gave two apologies and then agreed to resign from his £ 1.3 million course per year a year
The former Spurs star is supposed to concentrate on its goal hanger podcasts business, as well as considering the offers of rival broadcasters.
He was suspended from the competition of the day in March 2023 after a post about the controversy of the small boats, but was restored after a boycott by his co-stars.
The BBC said: “The interview was canceled because it was planned to air after Gary's last game of the day.
“It would be wrong to suggest something else.”
However, a source stated: “A platform -dependent interview with the star player of the champions could have been broadcast at any time.
“Salah wanted to talk to Gary to make it completely ax, seems completely short -sighted.”
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