Gary Lineker responds to viewers who say he ‘bottled’ underwear bet by presenting MOTD in ‘shorts’

A bet's a bet, and Gary Linker was never going to go back on his word, was he?

As you almost certainly know already, the former Spurs and Leicester City striker famously declared that he would happily present an episode of Match Of The Day in his underwear on the condition that Leicester City won the Premier League. Leicester did win the league, and as a result, Lineker was expected to don his y-fronts for the first show of the new season. At first glance, it appeared the 55-year-old had indeed gone through with it... https://twitter.com/tomwarren/status/764575120111333378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Although the majority of viewers were quick to congratulate Lineker on wearing what was quite clearly a pair of boxer shorts, some disappointed viewers suggested that he seemed to be wearing nothing more than a pair of white shorts, complete with Leicester City badge. https://twitter.com/kayaburgess/status/764577500051767297 https://twitter.com/JackN17/status/764578239302033408 https://twitter.com/HylandIan/status/764577304332951552 https://twitter.com/Iwobiesque/status/764576126706524164 https://twitter.com/_hannlouise/status/764575879150333952 https://twitter.com/ChrisParsons274/status/764575665538625538 Viewers were even more disappointed when Lineker got himself dressed during highlights of the second featured match of the show, Manchester City versus Sunderland. https://twitter.com/mikebargh15/status/764581380642701314 https://twitter.com/WisepPatrick/status/764581192347873280 And Gary's response to his shorts critics this morning was kind of perfect. https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/764622907708469248 There are definitely more important things in this world to be angry about than not seeing Gary Lineker presenting the world's favourite football highlights show in his budgie smugglers. Good on you Gary.