Tom Daley may have found his Rio 2016 diving partner... as Gary Lineker takes a dip with the Olympic bronze medallist

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With the Olympic Games just over nine months away, Tom Daley is busy preparing for Rio 2016 and may have found himself a new synchronised diving partner.

Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker stripped down to his swimming shorts and posed for a picture with the London 2012 bronze medallist.

The 54-year-old took to Instagram and posted the picture of the pair poolside at the London Aquatics Centre.

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Gary Lineker (right) posed with Olympic diver Tom Daley for a snap posted to Instagram 

Lineker has previous for posing next to pools and is seen here showing off his Barcelona home in 1987

He said: 'Great that @tomdaley1994 has found a new synchro partner. Resemblance is uncanny. #tomdaley is on the left.' 

Daley recently announced he was launching his own diving academy, in the hope of finding Britain's next Olympic hopeful. 

Lineker now heads a BT Sport team who present the Champions League coverage this season

The 21-year-old chose Manchester as its home and believes that the city can help produce a core of excellent divers. 

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, he said: 'Manchester was the obvious choice. It's a renowned sporting city and this is a fantastic facility.

Daley has announced that he's launched his own diving academy which will be based in Manchester 

'I have lots of memories from when I was younger diving here, in National Championships doing my first 10m competition.

'So it's to great to have solid base for diving here now.

'And hopefully in five or 10 years time Manchester will be producing some of the best divers in the world.'