After 26 years to finish the weekend of Premier League football, Gary Lineker has called his favorite 11 players he saw in the division.
Lineker organizes his last game of the day show after the last day of the 2024-25 season on Sunday and will leave the BBC after he had caused an anti-Semitism row earlier this month.
The former striker of England will not cover the public broadcaster of the World Cup 2026 or the FA Cup next season for the public broadcaster.
With the end in sight, Lineker could not help it, but memories of which players brought him the most joy while organizing the game of the day for more than two and a half decades.
He mentioned 11 of the most iconic players of the Premier League, as well as another 10 as honorable mentions.
Lineker, 64, were born in the East Midlands City, is a huge fan of Leicester, which means that it was only appropriate that Jamie Vardy was first called on his list of favorite players.
Another beloved Foxes icon that made the cut was Riyad Mahrez, who played a crucial role to help Leicester with their sensational Premier League success in 2016, and was also an important piece in Pep Guardiolas everything that the Manchester City on both sides of 2020.
Another mentioned city player was departing midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who is the most productive assister in the history of Premier League.
On the other side of Manchester, Wayne Rooney was the only player of Red Devils who was recorded in Lineker's list. Amazingly, there was no room for people like Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs or Eric Cantona.
Alan Shearer – a colleague expert and good friend of Lineker – was a shoo -in. The former Newcastle striker is the top goalscorer of the Premier League of all time.
Lineker can also have sentimental ties with the following two players he has recorded – Harry Kane and Gareth Bale – both former Tottenham players. Lineker scored 80 goals for Spurs between 1989 and 1992.
The closing of the list of 11 is Arsenal legend Thierry Henry and the 2024-25 Premier League player of the season, Mohamed Salah.