Gary Lineker is in talks with bosses on the BBC to take house a £1million-a-year wage after the broadcaster sacked his ‘pure successor’ Jermaine Jenas.
The brand new wage for the veteran presenter would symbolize a £350,000 reduce to his present pay cheque.
It has been reported that Lineker will meet with executives on the BBC in October to debate plans for the presenter to proceed fronting Match Of the Day for a minimum of two or three extra years.
Lineker has introduced Match of the Day since 1999, together with his present contract set to run out on the finish of the present season.
Fellow soccer pundit Jermaine Jenas was the bookies’ favorite to take over from Lineker.
Gary Lineker’s new wage would symbolize a £350,000 pay reduce to his present pay cheque. It has been reported that Lineker will meet with executives on the BBC in October to debate plans for the presenter to proceed fronting Match Of the Day for a minimum of two years
Lineker has introduced Match of the Day since 1999, together with his present contract set to run out on the finish of the present season
Nevertheless, Jenas was fired from the company after it was revealed he had despatched inappropriate texts to feminine colleagues, which means Lineker has been left with out a so-called ‘pure successor’ to take over.
A supply instructed The Solar: ‘Gary is vastly fashionable with each followers and gamers alike. The sense is that, with a lot uncertainty and scandal on the BBC, proper now viewers are crying out for a protected pair of fingers.
‘Gary adores the BBC, and loves his job, and recognises what an honour it’s to host tv’s flagship soccer present, in addition to worldwide video games.
‘Gary has lengthy maintained that the BBC offers wonderful worth for cash – and has fairly actually put his cash the place his mouth is, and supplied to take a considerable pay reduce.’
Mark Chapman is now the frontrunner to switch Lineker as the brand new presenter of the long-lasting programme.
Chapman has landed the function of lead presenter for BBC’s new Champions League highlights present, with the 50-year-old set to begin his new function subsequent week.
Jermaine Jenas was the bookies favorite to take over from Lineker. Nevertheless, after Jenas was dramatically fired from the company Lineker has been left with out a so-called ‘pure successor’
Mark Chapman is now the frontrunner to switch Lineker as the brand new presenter of the long-lasting programme
The BBC secured the rights in a three-year take care of UEFA that can return the Champions League to terrestrial channels.
Chapman at present hosts Match of the Day 2 and has performed since 2013.
He has labored on numerous different programmes together with Last Rating and The NFL Present since becoming a member of the BBC in 1996.
MailOnline has approached Gary Lineker for a remark. The BBC declined to remark.
