Gary Lineker back on air as Alan Shearer addresses suspension row

Gary Lineker arrives at the Etihad Stadium to present the BBC’s FA Cup coverage. Pic: Danny Lawson/PA

Alan Shearer spoke of his “upset” at the disruption to the BBC’s football coverage caused by Gary Lineker’s brief suspension as the two men returned to the air.

Shearer was one of the first high-profile figures to say he would not appear on Match of the Day last Saturday after Lineker was pulled from the BBC’s output over a tweet comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany.