Overview
- Multiple outlets report Lineker is expected to present his podcast from the 2026 tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico under an 'extraordinarily lucrative' Netflix deal.
- Sources quoted in the coverage say the move would give Lineker a major payday, though terms and the format have not been publicly detailed.
- The Rest Is Football was previously licensed to BBC Sounds but has been distributed independently since May and drew more than eight million YouTube views in July, according to reports.
- Industry reporting frames the arrangement as new territory for Netflix, with live World Cup podcasting seen as an expansion of the streamer's sports ambitions.
- Separate reports from The Times say Lineker is in talks to feature in Netflix's U.S. coverage of the 2027 Women’s World Cup, with Alan Shearer and Micah Richards potentially courted, though nothing is confirmed.