Gary Lineker appeared on ITV's World Cup coverage having left the BBC in 2025 after more than two decades as the face of the long‑running Match of the Day programme

Lineker has been aligned with Netflix during the World Cup through The Rest Is Football podcast but will appear on ITV’s coverage for Germany’s clash with Ivory Coast

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