Gary Lineker has debunked accusations from Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis that he branded northern voters "racist bigots".
Gullis made the claims during a Channel 4 interview, in which he said he was not concerned about offending "Twitterati".
He added: "Those are the people I don't care upsetting, because those are the people who want to call people up here racist bigots, Nazis - like Gary Lineker has done.
" Lineker described the allegations as "outrageous and dangerously provocative".
Twitter users called the MP's remarks "libellous nonsense" and said he was "not fit for office".
The Independent reported that Gullis, who is MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, wrongly claimed that the Match of the Day presenter called "red wall" voters in the north and Midlands "Nazis" and "racist bigots".
While The Guardian emphasised that Lineker had rejected accusations that he made the comment throughout their piece.
Meanwhile, The Mirror focused on Lineker rubbishing Gullis' claims about northern voters, describing the latter MP as a "right-winger".
The article also noted that Gullis boasted about not caring if he upset "champagne socialists" during the same interview.
In an informative summary, it can be seen that Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis made the false claim that Gary Lineker had called northern voters "racist bigots".
Lineker has denied this and described the accusations as "dangerously provocative".
Twitter users also criticised Gullis for making "libellous nonsense" statements in the Channel 4 News interview.
While the independent pushed the point that the MP was wrong to make such claims, Guardian highlighted Lineker's response to them.
The Mirror chose to focus on Gullis as a "right-winger", while noting that he claimed not to be concerned with offending "champagne socialists", during the same TV interview.