Your recall is less than perfect then, as comment he did, during the opening match, with a 2 or 3 minute monologue (IIRC). And he got slammed by the Qataris (at least one in particular) for doing so.Taunton Iron Cider wrote: March 8th, 2023, 3:53 pm I’m a believer in free speech but not in Gary Lineker who seeks to grab headlines when it suits him. I certainly don’t recall him complaining about the slavery and labour exploitation issues in Qatar whilst out there lining his pockets on World Cup duties.
He also made Twitter references, direct or indirect, but I'm not on Twatfacemusk so can't really search through tweets on that.