“Wayne Lineker has revealed the similarities between himself and his youngest son. The nightclub owner, 64, shared a throwback picture in celebration of Freddie’s 21st birthday.”, — write: www.dailymail.co.uk
The proud dad and nightclub owner, 64, shared a throwback picture of himself and his beloved boy in celebration of Freddie’s 21st birthday.
It revealed that as a younger man, Wayne shared his son’s dark features, hair, and had an almost identical facial structure.
Wayne captioned the snaps: ‘Happy 21st Birthday Freddie Lineker – we are the same person just a different generation.’
He continued: ‘I’m not going to post a string of pictures of us together because this is enough.
‘It says it all.. everything we do is the same.. the way we walk the way we chat to Worldie’s the way we love music the way we lose sunglasses our banter and our love for each other, the list is endless [sic].’
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Wayne has three sons – Duane, 40, Sean, 33, and Freddie – and a daughter Tia, 26.
He also marked the occasion of Freddie’s birthday on Instagram with a brief video that saw him appear at his son’s door with a handshake and embrace before they headed out to party.
Wayne wrote: ‘Tonight dad is taking you and your best friends to see your hero and my good friend Fisher at the amazing [UNVRS] Ibiza let’s what happens [sic].’
The post comes after Wayne and brother Gary’s longstanding feud appeared to finally thaw at Gary’s son Harry’s recent wedding to bride Annabelle in Ibiza, marking the first time they have been seen in the same room together for years.
Their feud began when Wayne made it clear he didn’t get on with Gary’s ex wife Danielle Bux and the pair have since struggled to find common ground.
In a video shared to Instagram, Gary necked back an alcoholic drink before the bottle was passed to his entrepreneur younger brother, with the pair having seemingly buried the hatchet for the family event.
The pair chose very different career paths from the off – with Gary, 64, dedicating his life to football punditry and hosting Match Of The Day on the BBC for 25 years before leaving the show last month.
Meanwhile wild Wayne, 63, turned his love of partying into a successful business – now running the hugely-popular O Beach Club in Ibiza.
Gary shares Harry, 31 – as well as other sons George, 34, Tobias, 29, and Angus, 27, with ex-wife Michelle Cockayne who he tied the knot with in 1986.
And Wayne is still close with Gary’s sons who often share snaps visiting O Beach with their friends during lavish holidays and stag dos to Ibiza – making the invite to Harry’s wedding only natural.
Gary is also now entering a new stage of his life having left the BBC amid his explosive anti-Semitic rat post row.
His previously clean-cut image as the face of one of the BBC’s biggest shows often seemed to jar with Wayne’s party boy antics at the club – but now that his TV work is taking a back seat there could be room for the pair to reconcile.
However Danielle is still very much in Gary’s life with with the presenter previously admitting some might find their friendship ‘unusual’ as they speak ‘three times a day’.
Gary and Wayne’s feud dates back to 2008, when former England and Barcelona striker Gary started seeing Danielle Bux and brought her on holiday to Ibiza.
‘In my opinion, Danielle cost me my relationship with my brother. Sadly Gary is no longer a part of my life,’ Wayne told The Sun in April 2015.
Wayne was left confused when their weekly phone conversations and home visits ended abruptly – but he blames it on an awkward first encounter with Danielle, who Gary married in 2009 but divorced in 2016.
‘They came to Ibiza in August 2008 and it was really awkward. I didn’t spark with Danielle and our relationship was cold,’ said Wayne.