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13th Aug 2016

Alan Shearer reminds Gary Lineker of his big MoTD night with this, ahem, cheeky tweet

We don't think that's him...

Simon Lloyd

It’s highly unlikely any of us were going to miss tonight’s Match of the Day.

Not only is it the first of the season, it’s also the night that Gary Lineker is expected to uphold his bet.

In the depths of last winter, with talk mounting that Leicester City’s impressive early season run *might* end in Premier League glory, Lineker boldly tweeted that if the Foxes did go all the way, he’d present Match of the Day wearing nothing but his underwear.

As we all know, Leicester did win the bloody thing, and being the good sport that he is, Lineker appears to be keeping his word.

Prep #MOTD #pants #gym #thatprotein

A photo posted by Gary Lineker (@garylineker) on Aug 11, 2016 at 6:42am PDT

With hours to go before the former England international appears on live television wearing nothing but a pair of y-fronts, Alan Shearer, one of Lineker’s MOTD colleagues, reminded him (as if he needed to) that tonight was his big night with this, ahem, cheeky tweet.

Before long, Lineker replied – claiming that the diet and training regime he’d undertaken over summer was bearing fruit.

For the record, we highly doubt that this is actually Lineker, or that he’ll be opting for a similar choice of underwear when the show goes live later on.

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