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Gary Lineker‘s surprising BBC departure will shake up the company’s wealthy listing – and save the licence-fee payer drawing near £1million in 2026, MailOnline can expose these days.
The 64-year-old footballer grew to become broadcaster hosts his ultimate Match of the Day this night after being axed for sharing an anti-Semitic Instagram publish.
Lineker have been anticipated to entrance protection of the FA Cup and 2026 World Cup however will now step down from the BBC on Sunday.
He will depart with no pay-off from his £1.4million-a-year wage, which made him the company’s best earner.
One BBC insider informed MailOnline that they imagine transferring on Lineker early will save the company between £800,000 and £900,000 over the following 12 months.
‘With Huw long gone and Gary on his means the wealthy listing subsequent 12 months goes to seem other – and the whole invoice for our stars shall be less expensive’, the added.
Lineker goes to be aware of his podcast industry Goalhanger – makers of The Rest is History, The Rest is Politics and his Rest is Football display with Alan Shearer and Micah Richards.
And he would possibly not cross hungry with out his BBC wage as a result of his podcast empire, based in 2019, recorded a staggering £1.4million benefit final 12 months, accounts printed in February printed.
Assets jumped over the past 12 months with accounts filed at Companies House appearing its retained income rose from £590,000 in 2023 to £2.03million final 12 months, a £1.4m upward thrust. Cash within the financial institution additionally rose from £560,000 to £2.7million.
Lineker is one in all 3 large names on the best of the BBC’s wealthy listing final 12 months to go out.
Zoe Ball – who used to be 2d on the latest listing with a pay packet of £954,999 – stepped down as host of the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show final 12 months.
And BBC bosses will save loads of 1000’s of kilos via swapping her for incoming alternative Scott Mills who shall be paid considerably much less.
While Ball, 53, will keep on the channel, her resolution to go away it is maximum outstanding presenting slot to ‘spend extra time along with her circle of relatives’ used to be certain to have penalties for her remuneration.
And Huw Edwards, who might not be returning to our TV displays after being convicted for possessing indecent pictures of kids.
These strikes recommend Radio 1 breakfast host Greg James might be set to turn into the BBC’s perfect paid megastar on £419,999 – even if Ball’s alternative Scott Mills is more likely to experience a considerable bump to his present wage of £319,999.
James moved up the listing previous to turn into the fourth perfect paid megastar on the BBC, up from 7th in 2023, along with his pay leaping from as much as £399,999.
The 38-year-old got here to prominence after taking on the Radio 1 drivetime slot from Mills in 2012.
He went directly to host Radio 1 Breakfast after switching presentations with Nick Grimshaw in 2018.
He has additionally hosted plenty of TV presentations for the company together with Sun, Sex and Holiday Madness and Unzipped, each on BBC Three.
James is adopted at the BBC’s ability pay figures for 2024 via Question Time and BBC News presenter Fiona Bruce and Radio 5 Live presenter Stephen Nolan who’re in joint 5th place and earn as much as £409,999 apiece.
Desert Island Discs and 6 Music host Lauren Laverne, who used to be paid as much as £399,999, is in 6th and is one in all 4 girls within the best ten.
Alan Shearer, with no main global soccer match on in 2023, noticed his pay drop from as much as £449,999 to up to £384,999, hanging him 7th at the listing.
Lineker jumped down his steps as he left his house final week after it used to be introduced he used to be leaving the BBC previous than deliberate
Zoe Ball used to be every other BBC megastar to expose a significant occupation replace after she stepped down as host of the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show. She used to be changed via the less expensive Scott Mills (left)
Huw Edwards is every other of the BBC’s best earners for 2024, however he might not be returning to our TV displays after being convicted for possessing indecent pictures of kids
Radio 1 breakfast host Greg James might be set to turn into the BBC’s perfect paid megastar on £419,999
BBC Director General Tim Davie used to be the perfect paid government, however his pay didn’t upward thrust final 12 months
In joint 9th, with BBC Radio 4’s Today programme presenter Nick Robinson, used to be BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty, whose pay went up quite to £349,999.
The wage figures additionally display that lots of the presenters indexed had posted pay rises between 2023 and 2024, with BBC News presenter Reeta Chakrabarti getting an enormous building up within the area of £55,000 to as much as £274,999.
Ball’s pay deal have been the point of interest of anger from licence commission payers – in 2020, it used to be printed that she used to be incomes £1.36million, and the ensuing outcry led her to take a voluntary £380,000 pay lower.
The BBC stated on the time that she felt it used to be beside the point to earn such a lot in the course of the pandemic.
Sources say that BBC bosses have just lately turn into decided that the times of top six- or even seven-figure presenter salaries on the BBC will have to come to an finish.
So when £950,000-a-year Zoe – lately their easiest paid radio megastar – floated that she used to be considering of transferring on, they made minimum efforts to influence her to stick.
In the newest BBC pay scores BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty used to be joint 9th, after her annual income from the company went up quite to £349,999
That place within the pay scale used to be shared via the BBC’s former political editor Nick Robinson who’s now probably the most major presenters of Radio 4’s Today programme
BBC News presenter Reeta Chakrabarti used to be given an building up within the area of £55,000 to as much as £274,999, consistent with the newest annual figures
Lauren Laverne, quickly to go back to presenting Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4, used to be paid as much as £399,999 – hanging her in 6th position within the pay desk and as one in all 4 girls within the best ten
Currently Scott Mills, 52, earns a comparably modest £315,000 every 12 months.
A BBC supply informed MailOnline: ‘Scott gets a bump in his wage for taking at the breakfast gig, that is the flagship position and it is very hard so he merits it – nevertheless it would possibly not take him anyplace as regards to the cash Zoe has been getting.
‘The reality is, even if she may be very well-liked by the control and an actual BBC stalwart, any alternative to avoid wasting severe cash needs to be snatched at this present day. This may just save one thing as regards to part one million quid annually.
‘Despite having prior to now taken a pay lower Zoe’s cash had come below renewed scrutiny in recent times as a result of it is proper up against the highest of the broadcast salaries listing – subsequent to the likes of Gary Lineker who’s leaving too.
‘She would had been the company’s greatest wage if she had outstayed him.
‘When Scott begins his cash shall be loads of 1000’s of kilos much less in step with 12 months than Zoe’s used to be, so they are beautiful happy that subsequent time they’ve to record their presenter pay it’ll glance so much much less over the top.’
Despite the top pay for its greatest names, the company printed final month plans to chop plenty of presentations as a part of a financial savings force.
