‘I’M VERY COMFORTABLE BEING UNANSWERABLE TO ANYONE’
‘It’s been win-win all the way’ Player, pundit, Pod God… How Gary Lineker reinvented himself (again) If there is an English dream, Gary Lineker has lived it. You can lop his adult life neatly into three slabs, any of which would make him one of Britain’s great success stories: the market trader’s lad from Leicester who captained England and played for Barcelona… ‘I have a lot of female friends who I get on really well with, so that’s satisfying because I love female company’ Football may be a game of two halves, but Gary Lineker’s remarkable life is a tale of three careers: goal-scoring legend, television host and now podcast god. As the nation’s favourite son starts this third chapter, he opens up about luck, mortality and political provocation 30 Aug 2026 - The Observer Magazine By GEORGE SIMMS The Kaiser of crisps who transitioned relatively seamlessly into a televisual colossus. Now, he’s taken on the role of Pod God as co-owner of Goalhanger, named Britain’s fastest-grow...