Inside Gary and Wayne Lineker’s 16-year feud with pair ‘worlds apart’ and barely on speaking terms: The squeaky-clean BBC megastar and his nightclub owner brother who can’t stop getting in trouble [Video]

07:57 EDT 13 Jun 2024, updated 12:29 EDT 13 Jun 2024

One brother is the squeaky-clean BBC megastar who is one of England’s all-time greatest goalscorers and the other is a partying playboy who runs Ibiza’s famous Ocean Beach club. Gary and Wayne Lineker could not be more different. 

The estranged siblings, who were born less than two years apart, were once best of friends until their relationship catastrophically broke down and left them ‘worlds apart’.

While Gary made a name for himself as a pundit following his retirement, Wayne became notorious for his relationships with much younger women and his outrageous online comments as he tried to build a business empire abroad.

And as Gary, 63, prepares to front the BBC’s coverage for Euros 2024 in Germany, it’s the other Lineker who is making the headlines again this week. 

Wayne, 62, was knocked unconscious by a yob during a 4am brawl outside a nightclub in Ibiza amid a row …