Gary Lineker is reportedly on the verge of leaving the BBC early with his position at the corporation said to be "untenable" after he shared a controversial social media post

Lineker’s £1.35m position is said to have become untenable after the latest controversy that angered BBC colleagues, insiders say.

BBC staff have privately expressed “disgust” over the corporation’s failure to sack Gary Lineker following what has been described as his “repeated offensiveness to Jewish people”. Colleagues were dismayed after Lineker shared a pro-Palestine video featuring an “anti-Semitic” rat emoji on Monday.