Gary Lineker has a voice that can lull you to sleep, but the comments of the English football legend are sharp and interesting. Mr. Lineker also shows he dares to say no to what he cannot stand for.
When the draw for the World Cup in Russia was made in 2017, Gary Lineker was the host. Here came an invitation from FIFA to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Englishman was not interested in this.
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“I was at the World Cup draw in 2018, and I remember they wanted me to face Vladimir Putin, and I just thought, ‘I don’t want to do that.’ So I just said to them, ‘I’m sorry, I have so much to do. I’m trying to get everything done.’ And then I felt like it was a bit of an uncomfortable situation,” Lineker said, according to The Telegraph.
“And I thought it would probably be better to distance myself from it,” says the Englishman. Who hasn’t worked with FIFA since.
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