Gary Lineker is spending his winter presenting World Cup 2022 and appearing on the cover of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
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We've always thought of World Cup 2022 presenter Gary Lineker as a potential leading man of a Hollywood movie. We're not alone.
One World Cup fan was in for a surprise when he ordered a copy of popular swashbuckling blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End and found the BBC presenter somewhere that he didn't expect.
We thought that Gary was only going to be turning up in Qatari stadiums this winter. Oh, how we were wrong – as online joker and self-professed "great tweeter" Jonny Sharples found, too.
Gary Lineker has been popping up across Qatar presenting the World Cup coverage – and on Blu-Ray covers. (Image credit: Tim P. Whitby/WireImage via Getty Images)
"There's an issue with my copy of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End that I ordered from you," Jonny tweeted directly to the official Amazon account on Twitter.
"Hello and thank you for reaching out. Have you had a chance to check out your return and refund options?" a kind fellow named Ben responded directly from the account.
"It has Gary Lineker on the cover???" Jonny asked, posting a photo of the cover. And sure enough, there was Linksy, stood in between the likes of Keira Knightly and Orlando Bloom, dressed as the lead character, Captain Jack Sparrow.
It has Gary Lineker on the cover??? pic.twitter.com/ancg2m1f2KNovember 24, 2022
Newcastle United fan Jonny was in for another surprise when Lineker himself, in between presenting coverage of the football, took time out to respond. "Urghhh," the former Leicester City striker replied, with an emoji of eyes looking sidewards, suggesting that it was indeed not a mistake to put him on the cover of the movie.
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Jonny did not confirm – but it seems likely that he Photoshopped the image and placed it onto the Blu-Ray.
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Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.
