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Ekin Karasin

Gary Lineker puts aside 17-year feud with brother Wayne at son's boozy wedding in Ibiza

Gary Lineker appeared to put aside his 17-year feud with his brother Wayne at his son Harry’s wedding in Ibiza.

The former Match of the Day host, 64, and club owner, 63, are said to have fallen out in 2008 due to tension between Wayne and Gary’s second wife Danielle Bux.

However, the brothers seemed to put their dispute aside as they partied together at Harry’s lavish nuptials to partner Bella over the weekend.

In photos shared on Instagram, Gary was seen tipping his head back so alcohol could be poured into his mouth, before Wayne did the same.

Wayne had a short trip over to the ceremony from his poolside club O Beach, which is on the Spanish island.

The entrepreneur was the best man at Gary’s first wedding to Michelle Cockayne in 1986, but failed to attend his wedding to Bux in 2009.

Gary Lineker knocked back booze at his son Harry’s wedding (Instagram)

Wayne previously claimed their close relationship soured when Gary and Bux went to Ibiza to visit him.

He told The Sun in 2015: "In my opinion, Danielle cost me my relationship with my brother. Sadly Gary is no longer a part of my life.

"They came to Ibiza in August 2008 and it was really awkward. I didn't spark with Danielle and our relationship was cold."

Wane claimed Danielle - who Gary married in 2009 and divorced in 2016 - stayed in her room on the first day and they didn’t speak to each other during a night out the next night.

Wayne later got his turn, tilting his head back and catching the drink in his mouth (Instagram)

He said he never spoke to Bux after that holiday and his weekly phone calls with Gary stopped.

Wayne failed to attend Gary and Bux’s wedding because his then-girlfriend, Ana Tanaka, who he been with for 18 months, hadn’t been invited.

“He was my brother and he was telling me that I couldn't bring my girlfriend of a year and a half to his wedding. She was a lovely, polite girl, and not a five-minute girlfriend," he said.

The businessman opened up about his relationship with Gary in a recent interview, admitting things were still tense.

Gary looked dapper in a suit alongside his son (Instagram)

"It's not so good to be honest, we don't really speak very often,” he told MailOnline. “I'll always be his number one fan."

He claimed he failed in his attempts to reconcile with his brother and that an awkward phone call on Gary’s 50th birthday lasted less than a minute.

Wayne said he would “love nothing more” than to get back on good terms with Gary.

He has remained close with Gary’s sons, George, Harry, Angus and Tobias, who regularly visit him in Ibiza.

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