The eye watering amount of money the BBC pay to Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has been revealed.
Lineker took the presenting reigns in 1999 and has become the second highest earner at the broadcaster.
His salary released today as part of the BBC Annual report is between £1.75m - £1.8m.
MOTD pundit Alan Shearer takes home £449,999. Lineker took to twitter to defend his tax payer funded earnings
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy BBC salary day. I blame my agent and the other TV channels that pay more. Now where did I put my tin helmet?</p>— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) <a href="https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/887551822675689472">July 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The full top ten paid presenters at the BBC:
- Chris Evans £2.2m - £2.25m
- Gary Lineker £1.75m - £1.8m
- Graham Norton £850,0000 - £899,999
- Jeremy Vine £700,000 - £749,999
- John Humphrys £600,000 - £649,999
- Huw Edwards £550,000 - £599,999
- Steve Wright £500,000 - £549,999
= 8. Claudia Winkleman £450,000 - £499,999
= 8. Matt Baker £450,000 - £499,999
= 9. Nicky Campbell £400,000 - £449,999
= 9. Andrew Marr £400,000 - £449,999
= 9. Stephen Nolan £400,000 - £449,999
= 9. Alan Shearer £400,000 - £449,999
=9. Alex Jones £400,000 - £449,000
- Fiona Bruce £350,000 - £399,999
