Guardian understands that Gary Lineker is expected to announce that he will leave the BBC on Monday after apologizing for expanding online material with anti-Semitism.

It is reported that the host's game on that day will not participate in the 2026 World Cup or the FA Cup next season after a "mutual agreement" with the broadcaster.

He is expected to be his final match this Sunday after he took over Des Lynam 26 years ago.

Last week, the 64-year-old apologized after appearing, reposting a pro-Palestine video on social media, criticizing Zionism and including illustrations of rats.

The rat is an anti-Semitic telescope used in Nazi Germany to describe Jews as pests. Lineker said in a statement that he would “never intentionally share any anti-Semitic” and deleted “the post was deleted immediately once I realized the problem.”

BBC Director-General Tim Davie faced a call from Sack Lineker all week, who paid £1.4 million last year by the BBC.

"The BBC's reputation is held by everyone and when someone makes mistakes, it causes us to lose," David said when asked about the incident after his speech at Salford. "I think we absolutely need people to be a model of BBC values ​​and follow our social media policies. It's simple."

More than 10,000 people signed a petition sponsored by a campaign against anti-Semitism that urged the BBC to "immediately remove Gary Lineker from his position".

Lineker has already left his role in the game that day at the end of the season, but is expected to host the company's coverage of the FA Cup in 2025-26 and next summer.

Gabby Logan, Kelly Cates and Mark Chapman will replace him in the day's match and they will share their roles for the next Premier League season.

A source told The Sun: "Gary acknowledged his status with the BBC, establishing the most prestigious game in the world football game, which is untenable and he will not host the World Cup.

“He offered to resign at the end of the season and did not want the BBC (the organization he still has the highest respect) to fall into further controversy.

"He was absolutely shocked by the recent incident and was very sorry for the explanation of his post. His last game will be aired on Sunday and he will not be back."

In March 2023, Lineker was temporarily suspended for comments criticizing the Conservative government's asylum policy.

In February, he was also one of 500 high-profile cultural figures who called on the BBC to rebroadcast the documentary Gaza: How to Survive in the War Zone, calling it "an essential journalism." The broadcaster removed the documentary from the BBC Iplayer because the 14-year-old narrator of the film is the son of the deputy agriculture minister of the Hamas government on the territory.

The BBC refused to contact his guardian.