GARY LINEKER does not plan to do much telly work after leaving the BBC and will instead concentrate on his popular podcasts.
After 26 years as , he will present his final highlights show tonight covering the last day of the Premier League season.
Lineker was due to cover next year’s and but bowed out early, sparking a battle for his signature between rival broadcasters.
But the ex- captain suggested he wants to step away from traditional television when asked in an interview about his post-MOTD schedule.
Just days before announcing his exit from the BBC on Monday, Lineker told the Beyond The Title podcast: “Professionally, I’ve got a big podcast company and I think it takes up quite a bit of my time and it will probably take up a bit more now.
“It’s really exciting and it’s a lot of fun. We’re doing really well. I don’t think I’ll do much television.
‘Really proud’
“Hopefully I’ll be in a position where I can just pick and choose things I quite fancy doing. So the podcast world really I think.”;;
Lineker also insisted his broadcasting career has made him prouder than his on-pitch heroics for teams such as , , and .
He added: “I’m actually probably a bit more proud of what I’ve done in broadcasting than possibly football because I always said I was born to be in the box, not on the box.
“I had to work really hard at television.
“ I had to work hard at football but it came naturally, whereas television didn’t come naturally.
“It took a lot of hard work and effort and determination and studying and stuff of other people and how they do it.
“Eventually I got there. Probably I’m proudest of the fact I made it to the top in broadcasting.”;;
Leicester fan Lineker runs production company Goalhanger Podcasts which is behind hit series The Rest Is Football with Alan Shearer and Micah Richards.
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