Gary Lineker reveals German man mistook him and Alan Shearer for a COUPLE before Newcastle legend’s hilarious response
GARY LINEKER revealed a German man mistook him and Alan Shearer for a couple at the Euros.
The pair are in Germany working for the BBC covering the tournament.
They have appeared live on air as well as on The Rest is Football podcast.
And ahead of recording a recent episode the pair enjoyed a dinner at a local restaurant, and afterwards bumped into someone who thought they were a couple.
Lineker, 63, explained on The Rest is Football podcast: “Something’s just happened to us on the way here, to this apartment studio tonight.
“We had a little bit of Italian, which was lovely – a little bit of food after we did the early game – and came here to watch the Austria-Turkey game.
“And we walked past the little shop on the way and there’s the kind of musical theatre place on the way. And there was a guy on the way – a little crowd of people – and the guy starts shouting to me and Alan in German.
“And I’m saying, ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I don’t speak German – do you speak English?’ and he said, ‘Ah yeah, I speak English’.
“He said, ‘I want to know how long have you two been together? You are a really lovely couple’.”
Shearer, 53, shared his shock at being confused for Lineker’s partner given his colleague is ten years his senior.
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He replied saying: “I thought he was concerned that some f***ing old man was about to abduct me or something like that.
“Honestly, I’ve never been so insulted in all my life. I’m sorry but yeah.”
Micah Richards, also appearing on the podcast, reacted by saying the duo would “make a lovely couple”.
He also described Shearer’s reaction as “harsh” and questioned whether they held hands.
