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		</div><p>Gary Lineker is to leave his position as host of BT Sport’s Champions League coverage – to follow former club Leicester in Europe as a fan next season.</p>
<p>The ex-England captain and BBC’s Match of the Day frontman has presented the channel’s coverage for six years but is quitting despite being offered a new deal to stay on.</p>
<p>His final match will be Saturday’s all-English Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City.</p>
<p>“I would like to thank BT Sport for the generous renewal offer but, after much thought, I have decided to call it a day,” Lineker wrote on Twitter.</p>
<p>“I feel it’s time to do things that I’ve always promised myself I’d do: such as follow Leicester across Europe with my sons (how many opportunities will we have?).”</p>
<p>Leicester are due to play in the Europa League again next season after finishing fifth in the Premier League for the second successive year.</p>
<p>The Foxes reached the last 32 of the 2020/21 competition before being knocked out by Slavia Prague.</p>
<p>A tweet from BT Sport said: “Thanks so much for everything, Gary! A legend of the game, and a legend of broadcasting. We’ll miss you, enjoy your away days!”</p>
<p>Lineker, who turned 60 in November, is among the BBC’s highest-paid presenters.</p>
<p>It was announced in September 2020 that he had signed a new five-year contract with the broadcaster, with a 23 per cent pay cut – from £1.75 million (€2 million) to around £1.35 million.</p>
<p>He has four sons with his first wife Michelle Cockayne.</p>
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