Lineker topped sport’s ‘most fancied presenter’ after beating off Thierry Henry
Gary Lineker is the UK’s hottest male sports activities presenter based on new analysis.
The silver-haired Match of the Day host narrowly pipped Arsenal legend Thierry Henry to the gong, with the best quantity of Google searches containing each his title and phrases similar to “hot”, “single” or “relationship”. The examine, performed by Gambling Zone, was achieved to find out which presenters/pundits are essentially the most “crushed-on”, with Premier League icons Rio Ferdinand and Michael Owen taking third and fourth spot respectively within the rankings.
Proving as soon as and for all that the professor look has its deserves, legendary Gunners boss Arsene Wenger got here in at No. 5, whereas ex-Liverpool ace Jamie Redknapp and former Manchester United keeper Peter Schmeichel took sixth and seventh spots.
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Lineker’s title, mixed with not less than one of many related aforementioned phrases, had been entered into Google 1,790 instances throughout the examine, whereas Henry’s had been entered 1,350 instances.
As for the women, Henry’s CBS Sport colleague Kate Abdo was high of the leaderboard, with a staggering 100,760 searches. The likes of Sky Sports’ Laura Woods (66,360) and former Lioness star Alex Scott (54,040) adopted intently behind.
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Lineker( who’s single by the way in which, women) is one in every of English soccer’s biggest ever gamers, scoring over 300 targets for membership and nation. He started his profession at hometown membership Leicester City, earlier than becoming a member of Everton in 1985.
A yr later, after scoring 40 targets in 57 video games for the Toffees, he was snapped up by Barcelona, and spent three seasons because the Catalan membership’s No. 1 centre ahead. He returned to England in 1989, signing for Tottenham, and later wound his profession down with a quick stint at Japanese outfit Nagoya Grampus Eight.
He additionally scored 48 targets in 80 matches for England, and received the Golden Boot on the 1986 World Cup. He started his media profession within the late 90s earlier than being put in as host of BBC staple Match of the Day in 1999.
