Gary Lineker has volunteered to apshow a pay cut with the 63-year-better currently in talks with the BBC over a novel Match of the Day tight, according to tells.
The createer Tottenham, Leicester, Barcelona and England star has been the face of the programme ever since 1999.
Lineker’s current deal with the BBC is due to expire next summer, with the appreciates of Gabby Logan and Mark Chapman touted as potential exalterments.
Jermaine Jenas had previously been seen as the heir to Lineker’s throne – but the 41-year-better was axed last month adhereing allegations of inappropriate behaviour.
Gary Lineker has volunteered to apshow a pay cut with the 63-year-better currently in talks with the BBC over a novel Match of the Day tight
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According to The Sun, Lineker is in talks with the BBC over a novel Match of the Day deal.
It’s claimed he has recommended to apshow a pay cut, with the conshort-termer willing to accomprehendledge an annual salary of £1million a year — which £350,000 less than his current salary.
Lineker is set to encounter executives in October over a potential novel deal lasting at least two or three years.
It’s said converseions were defercessitate after the Jenas dispute but are now set to recommence next month.
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An insider is quoted as saying: “Gary is hugely well-comprehendn with both fans and percreateers aappreciate.
“The sense is that, with so much unstateivety and dispute at the BBC, right now seeers are crying out for a protected pair of hands.
“Gary adores the BBC, and adores his job, and recognises what an honour it is to arrange television’s flagship football show, as well as international games.
“Gary has lengthy upholded that the BBC supplys excellent appreciate for money – and has quite literassociate put his money where his mouth is, and recommended to apshow a substantial pay cut.”
The tell comprises that the BBC is ‘under enormous presstateive’ to shrink its wage bill.
It has laid off 1,800 participateees and cut budgets over the past three years in order to stability the books.
Lineker, speaking earlier this summer, was asked about his Match of the Day future.
And the createer England striker made it clear he still adored toiling on the show, having done so for the past 25 years.
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“Match of the Day is such an iconic show, 60 years is such a lengthy time and I have conshort-termed it for 25 of those years,” he tbetter The Insubordinate.
“Podcast-alerted, slfinishergs have reassociate outdoed our foreseeations but at the same time, I adore being part of Match of the Day, I adore toiling for the BBC, I comprehend it has its rehires and it has its troubles but I slfinisherk it’s weightless.
“I slfinisherk sometimes we don’t shout about how outstanding we are at the BBC and what we recommend.”
Lineker also said earlier this month that he felt youthfuler and had no set ups to withdraw from conshort-terming.
Gary Lineker has been the arrange of BBC Match of the Day ever since 1999
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“I’m still a spring chicken, reassociate,” he joked.
“I don’t see myself retiring at the moment.
“I reassociate adore what I do – football has been an ever-conshort-term in my life. It’s a genuine privilege to be able to conshort-term such an iconic show.”
