Ian Wright has introduced that he’s stepping down from the BBC’s Match Of The Day programme.
The pundit stated the choice “has been coming for a while” however had been “fast-tracked” by his sixtieth birthday final month.
“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,” the previous Arsenal footballer wrote on X.
“I feel very privileged to have had such an incredible run on the most iconic football show in the world.”
He added: “Anyone that is aware of my story is aware of how a lot the present has meant to me since I used to be a younger boy.
“MOTD is my Holy Grail. On my first ever show, I told Des Lynam, ‘This is my Graceland’. It will always be my Graceland and I will always be watching.
“I’m stepping again having made nice associates and plenty of nice reminiscences.
“This decision has been coming for a while, maybe my birthday earlier this year fast tracked it a little, but ultimately it’s time to do a few more different things with my Saturdays.
“I’m actually trying ahead to my final months on the present and masking what is going to hopefully be a tremendous Premier League title race.”
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Wright shared the news in a sequence of tweets together with photographs of his time on Match Of The Day.
The former footballer joined Crystal Palace in 1985, aged 21, earlier than transferring to Arsenal in 1991.
He then went to West Ham, Nottingham Forest, Celtic and Burnley.
Wright has labored as a soccer pundit since he retired.
