Will Lineker keep his pants promise?

3 May 2016

Yasmin Aziz tweets a photo of the presenters of Match of the Day with Gary Lineker in the front wearing blue pants. She says, 'cant wait Gary Lineker'.

When Gary Lineker said he'd present Match of the Day in his underwear if his former team Leicester City won the Premier League, he can't have really thought he'd need to honour that pledge.

But now, with the 5,000-1 outsiders crowned with two games to spare, bookies have turned their attention to Lineker's pants - and they reckon they'll be blue.

Bookmakers Coral tweet, ' What colour pants will Gary Lineker wear on Match of The Day? 2/1 - Blue, 3/1 Black, 5/1 Red, 6/1 White, 10/1 Pink, 33/1 Polkadots

The former England striker and Match of the Day presenter tweeted in December that he'd present the programme in his underwear if the Foxes won the Premier League.

Gary Lineker tweets 'YES! If Leicester win the Premier League I'll do the first Match of the Day of the next season in just my undies.

But speaking to the Radio Times, external at the weekend he admitted he had thought he'd be safe: "When I sent the tweet in December I categorically knew there was zero chance that they would win."

As the 2015-16 season unfolded, Leicester fans became aware that something special was happening. And Gary still seemed to be keen to get his kit off, as he tweeted in March:

Gary Lineker tweets Top results tonight. Seems to be some sort of conspiracy to get me in my shorts.

And when Spurs drew 2-2 with Chelsea on Monday night, Leicester knew the title was theirs - and that all eyes would be on Gary's undies.

Not too much of a surprise, then, if some people want to hold him to his word.

Johny Blaze tweets Just waiting on Gary Lineker to his Match of the Day in underwear as promised if Leicester wins the league

Claire Porter tweets, ' Hey Gary Lineker no excuses now matey, we aren't gonna forget what you said anytime soon you know'. The photo shows Gary Lineker's tweet frm December and quotes, "When I sent the tweet in December I categorically knew there was zero chance Leicester would win".

Twitter users made some suggestions as to what Gary should wear.

Photoshopped photo of Gary Lineker in the Match of the Day studio in white underwear. The tweet says hashtag underwear party of the day.

Simona Marcia tweets a photo of Gary Lineker in blue Leicester City pants in the Match of the Day studio and says, 'the best part about hashtag Leicester City Football Club champions? This will become a reality soon'.

Kambi Thandi tweets a photo of Gary Lineker in the Match of the Day studio holding a microphone wearing blue pants with Leciester City on them. He says 'and now to top a classic football season'

Comedian, writer and football fan Matt Lucas suggested a rather cheeky pair of pants,, external while others were a bit more generous with the material.

Neil Gardner tweets a photo of blue and white striped shorts and says , @gary Lineker I think these would work!'

In a recent interview with the Independent, external, Lineker denied ever promising to do the entirety of the programme in his briefs. "I certainly never said anywhere in that tweet that I would do the whole show," he said.

Ganesh tweets a photo of footballs fans in a crowd holding up a photo of Gary Lineker in his pants

So will the presenter keep his word? We'll have to wait for the start of the new season to see, but we have asked the question...

Are you going to keep your promise and present #MOTD in your undies? #LCFCChampions

But someone might be having a punt on polkadots.