Ian Wright drop tears as he signed off from Fit of the Age on his ultimate look at the iconic BBC soccer highlights display.
Wright, who first seemed at the display 27 years in the past, introduced in December that this may be his latter season on Fit of the Age, announcing: “Ultimately, it’s time to do a few more different things with my Saturdays.”
The previous Crystal Palace, Arsenal and England striker has turn out to be one of the frequent pundits on tv for his uncooked emotion and just right humour, mixed with a deep wisdom of the sport and of goalscoring.
“I am going to miss you guys, I really am,” he informed host Gary Lineker and manage pundit Alan Shearer, following the general past of the season on Sunday. “Match of the Day means the whole world to me.”
Shearer held Wright’s hand and Lineker added: “It’s been an absolute delight and a pleasure to work with you for so long and you are a breath of fresh air. You always have been.”
Wright stated previous this season: “After my debut show whilst still a player in 1997 and many more memorable years, I’ll be stepping back from BBC MOTD at the end of this season. I feel very privileged to have had such an incredible run on the most iconic football show in the world.
“Anyone that knows my story knows how much the show has meant to me since I was a young boy. MOTD is my Holy Grail. On my first ever show, I told [presenter] Des Lynam, ‘This is my Graceland’. It will always be my Graceland and I will always be watching.”