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Gary Lineker: I felt BBC wanted me to leave Match of the Day

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Gary Lineker says he felt the BBC wanted him to leave Match of the Day .

The presenter said he was negotiating a new contract when he left the show last year .

He said he felt it was a chance to change the show and bring in new presenters.

Lineker was also asked about his suspension from the BBC over controversial immigration tweets.

Gary Lineker tells Amol Rajan he would ' 100% ' support a Gaza documentary being made available again.

The documentary, Gaza : How to Survive a War Zone, was pulled from iPlayer in February .

It emerged its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official.

The BBC took down the programme while it carried out further due diligence.