BBC pays Lineker’s boycotting buddies over £1.5m a year
DESPITE their high profile, and the fact most of them were due to cover sports for the BBC at the weekend, these stars – who collectively earn more than £1,589,994 – all refused to work in solidarity with Gary Lineker.
ALAN SHEARER Salary: £450,000-£454,999
One of the regular pundits for Match Of The Day, Alan Shearer, 52, is a former Newcastle and England legend.
JERMAINE JENAS Salary: £220,000-£224,999
The former central midfielder, 40, is a regular pundit on Match Of The Day. Since 2021, he has also been a permanent host of The One show.
JASON MOHAMMAD Salary: £285,000 - £289,999
The Welsh radio and TV presenter is the current host of Final Score on BBC One. Deputising for Gary Lineker and Mark Chapman, Jason Mohammad, 49, occasionally appears on Match of the Day and Match of the Day 2.
MARK CHAPMAN Salary: £250,000 -£254,999
TV and radio broadcaster Mark Chapman, 49, presents Match Of
The Day 2 and hosts Sports Report and The Monday Night Club on BBC 5 Live, which he presented last night.
ALEX SCOTT Salary: £195,000 -£199,999
Former English football player Alex Scott, 38, is a presenter on Football Focus and covered the sport at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Clare Balding.
She has also presented The One Show and worked alongside Gary Lineker as a presenter of the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year.
COLIN MURRAY Salary: £160,000-£164,999
Colin Murray, 4 , hosts the sports-themed Saturday morning comedy panel show Fighting Talk on BBC Radio 5 Live.
■ There were another stars and pundits whose pay is not made public because their BBC salaries are under £150,000 (13 in total):
Ian Wright, Kelly Somers, Dion Dublin, Leon Osman, Jermain Defoe, Glenn Murray, Anita Asante, Steve Wilson, Conor McNamara, Robyn Cowen, Steven Wyeth, Marc Webber, Chris Wise and Guy Mowbray.