Gary Lineker 'offered to take a pay cut before he was forced out of Match of the Day after he wasn't offered a new contract' - but he could now 'rake in millions' as his lucrative podcast is hosted by BBC

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Gary Lineker 'offered to take a pay cut before he was forced out of Match of the Day after he wasn't offered a new contract' - but he could now 'rake in millions' as his lucrative podcast is hosted by BBC

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Gary Lineker was forced out as Match of the Day's presenter because the BBC refused to give him a new contract, a senior colleague suggested today. The footballer turned pundit, 63, was 'open' to staying and is even believed to have volunteered to take a £350,000-a-year pay cut from his £1.35million salary to stay as host of the flagship football show beyond next May. But his new boss Alex Kay-Jelski, with whom he is not close, declined so he can freshen the corporation's Saturday night football coverage while cutting the salary bill.
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