Gary Lineker has taken a £400,000 pay cut to remain as host of MediaCityUK-produced Match of the Day for the next five years.
New Director General Tim Davie announced the deal as he launched the Corporation’s annual report yesterday.
The report revealed that Lineker was again the BBC’s top earner with a salary of £1.75m for 2019/20. The former England footballer, whose new salary will be about £1.3m, tweeted: “Absolutely delighted to continue working with the brilliant people at @BBCSport for another 5 years.”
On the subject of social media, Davie said: “Before you ask, Gary knows that he has responsibilities to the BBC in terms of his use of social media.”Lineker has frequently been criticised externally for posting political tweets to his 7.6m followers.
