Gary Lineker’s MOTD predecessor Des Lynam says ‘you can’t justify’ £1.3m salary. (Image: Getty) Former BBC Match Of The Day presenter Des Lynam said that while Gary Lineker's £1.
35 million salary is "the market" for his "first-class" services, the 81-year-old said his successor's pay could not be justified "in terms of what a nurse or firemen does". Gary, who took over the BBC football show in 1999 when Des joined ITV , is the corporation's best-paid presenter, ahead of Zoe Ball in second place, who earns between £950,000 and £954,999 according to the BBC 's latest annual report . Des told the Radio Times : "I don't suppose you can justify it in terms of what a nurse or fireman does, but it's the market, that's what the BBC feel they have to pay to get his services.
"You can't say that anybody saying a few words into a television screen is worth more than someone who saves lives, but money dictates. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.
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