Ian Wright no longer needs Match of the Day – when does Gary Lineker make the same choice?

Ian Wright is leaving Match of the Day, the latest big name to step down from a BBC sporting institution. Following the news that the once-beloved A Question Of Sport is going the way of all flesh, and the spectacle of Football Focus wheezing and stumbling towards its 50th anniversary next year, Wright’s departure at the end of this season is another piece of evidence that things are in flux at BBC Sport at some of its most cherished programmes.