Gary Lineker is about to current a first-of-its-kind La Liga highlights present this season.
The previous Match of the Day host will entrance a brand new podcast masking the Spanish top-flight.
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Lineker’s Goalhanger Podcasts have struck a three-year cope with La Liga to point out weekly clips from the league.
It is going to see the 64-year-old current The Relaxation Is Soccer: LALIGA alongside co-host Alex Aljoe.
The present will function clips from each match alongside evaluation and dialogue.
As a part of the deal, it turns into the primary ever podcast to safe official rights to weekly footage from a significant European league.
Discussing the present, Lineker stated: “I’ve made no secret of my love for Spanish soccer over time.
“Ever since I performed there within the late ’80s, I’ve adopted the story of LALIGA intently.
“Now, with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Marcus Rashford becoming a member of Jude Bellingham and Conor Gallagher in Spain, all eyes shall be on LALIGA’s largest video games every week.
“The Relaxation Is Soccer: LALIGA would be the excellent option to catch all of the objectives and key motion. I can’t wait.”
As a participant, Lineker spent three years in Spain with Barcelona between 1986 and 1989.
Throughout that point he scored 42 objectives in 103 La Liga appearances for the membership.
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The previous England striker additionally received the Cup Winners’ Cup and Copa del Rey with Barca.
His new podcast comes after signing a cope with ITV to host a brand new Saturday night time recreation present.
Titled ‘The Field’, the present sees celebrities full a sequence of challenges while in containers.
Lineker joined the broadcaster having left the BBC on the finish of final season following 26 years as Match of the Day host.
Why did Lineker go away Match of the Day?
The BBC confirmed in Might that Lineker would depart after the ultimate Match of the Day of the season.
He had beforehand been set to stay with the corporate regardless of leaving the weekly highlights present when the marketing campaign ended.
The transfer would have seen Lineker entrance FA Cup protection through the 2025/26 season earlier than saying his farewells after subsequent summer season’s World Cup.
Nonetheless, his speedy exit was as an alternative confirmed a 12 months early after Lineker was sacked by the BBC.
It adopted accusations of anti-Semitism in relation to a publish Lineker had shared on social media.
The professional-Gaza video, which he deleted and apologised for, likened supporters of Israel to rats.