Gary Lineker and the BBC ended their relationship recently after the Match of the Day legend became a little too critical about the bombs being dropped on women and children in Gaza, but before stepping back from the broadcaster, he was due to interview Mo Salah for his final BBC presenting job.

It now appears that this interview was cancelled because the BBC were worried that Gary Lineker and Mo Salah would stray from the topic of football and discuss the situation in Gaza.

That’s according to a source who spoke to MailSport, although when the BBC were contacted for comment, they said:

 ‘The interview was cancelled because it was planned to air after Gary’s last Match of the Day. It would be wrong to suggest anything else.’

I suppose the BBC would have a hard time trusting Lineker if he knew that the Salah interview was going to be his BBC swan song, meaning he could pretty much say what he likes and not have to worry about the consequences from his employer.

Perhaps that wasn’t an issue for them when the interview was initially booked, but given all the controversy since then over Lineker’s social media use and defence of Palestine, the BBC aren’t going to risk upsetting the sort of people they can’t afford to upset.

What would Lineker and Salah have said about Gaza, anyway? Like any decent person out there, they’re not particularly happy about innocent women and children being starved and bombed into oblivion with no end in sight. That doesn’t make them antisemitic, does it?

Well anyway, nothing’s stopping Gary Lineker and Mo Salah from having that conversation now, away from the constraints of the BBC? Maybe they can stick it on YouTube or something? Or is that kind of chat censored over there as well?

For the time Stormzy caught some backlash for deleting his pro-Palestine posts and then doing an advert for McDonald’s, click HERE.