Gary Lineker to appear as special guest on ITV during World Cup broadcast

• Former Match of the Day presenter left BBC last year

• Lineker to feature in coverage of Germany v Côte d’Ivoire

Gary Lineker has been booked to appear as a special guest on ITV’s World Cup coverage of Germany v Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday evening in his first appearance on terrestrial television since leaving the BBC 13 months ago.

The former Match of the Day presenter is in New York recording daily episodes of The Rest is Football podcast, which is being shown on Netflix, and has agreed to make a one-off appearance in ITV’s Brooklyn studio.

Sources: The Guardian