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- Lineker still BBC’s highest-paid figure
- Earned over £1.3 million ($1.7m)
- Exited corporation after row
Lineker, per The Sun, has once again topped the BBC’s pay league, doing so for the eighth successive year. Per their report, the former توتنهام و برشلونة striker earned over £1.3m before leaving the corporation, to be replaced as Match of the Day host by Mark Chapman, Gabby Logan, and Kelly Cates.
A number of industry figures also feature on the list – including the likes of radio presenter Zoe Ball and Newsnight host Fiona Bruce – but there is just one other ex-footballer turned pundit: Alan Shearer. The ex-Newcastle striker has worked with Lineker repeatedly, and still does on The Rest is Football podcast. He is the third-highest paid presenter, with a salary of £440,000 ($589,000).
Lineker earns significantly more than Chapman, who is set to replace him; the latter earned £325,000 ($435,000) last year. Given that MOTD have also struck a deal to appoint Wayne Rooney as a pundit, for £800,000 ($1m), significant sums are being spent to revamp the show.
Lineker will continue to diversify his interest, as he continues to work on his own podcast away from the BBC.
