Back to the Southampton Newsfeed

Gary Lineker sarcastically hits back at former footballer Matt Le Tissier for his latest controversial Covid tweet asking 'why didn't we try this hard to defeat flu?'

Gary Lineker has hit back at fellow ex-England footballer Matt Le Tissier following his latest controversial tweet about Covid-19.

Le Tissier, a legend at Southampton after making over 500 appearances for them, has ruffled plenty of feathers on social media since the start of the pandemic by sharing various conspiracy theories about the virus.

In his latest message on Twitter, Le Tissier asked 'Why didn’t we ever try this hard to "defeat" flu? It has a similar fatality rate to "covid" and actually affects younger people more? Answers on a postcard.