Overview
- Multiple UK outlets report Lineker will host his The Rest Is Football podcast for Netflix from North America during the 2026 World Cup.
- Sources describe the reported agreement as an 'extraordinarily lucrative' deal that would mark a major streaming move for the show.
- The podcast, owned by Lineker’s Goalhanger and previously carried on BBC Sounds, has lately published on YouTube and worked with DAZN for Club World Cup coverage.
- Lineker left the BBC in May after apologising for sharing a post that included an image widely criticised as antisemitic, ending plans for him to front the BBC’s World Cup coverage.
- Beyond the reported Netflix move, Lineker is set to host ITV’s new quiz show The Box, with coverage noting his past BBC pay and expectations of increased earnings.