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Gary Lineker will end his long collaboration with the BBC this week after almost three decades with the British broadcaster.

Lineker announced in November last year that he would leave his position as moderator of the day of the day at the end of the season after 26 years in the HotSeat of the flagship highlight of the Premier League.

However, a current social media series prompted the star to give an explanation and confirm an earlier outcome. The 64-year-old has been the best paid moderator of the BBC and here for several years is the depth of his broadcasting assets:

Gary Lineker confirmed that he would deviate from the BBC earlier than expected. Image: James Gill – Danhouse/Getty Images

Why does Lineker leave the BBC?

Leeker shared a social media contribution on the subject of Zionism last week, which contained an illustration of a rat that was historically used as an anti-Semitic insult.

Gary Lineker in his game of the daily moderator. Image: BBC
Gary Lineker in his game of the daily moderator. Image: BBC

After Lineker had previously agreed to withdraw from MotD and the FA Cup – and the World Cup 2026 – have confirmed since then that after the last episode of the season this season this Sunday, he will be broadcast as conclusions from the Premier League campaign of the Premier League from 2024/25.

“I recognize the error and the annoyance I caused,” he said.

He added that working on the BBC was “a pleasure and a great privilege” before adding that listening “like the responsible procedure” felt.

What is Gary Lineker's net assets?

The former striker of Barcelona and England, Gary Lineker, recorded a successful career at Club and Country. Image: Bob Thomas Sportfotography about Getty Images
The former striker of Barcelona and England, Gary Lineker, recorded a successful career at Club and Country. Image: Bob Thomas Sportfotography about Getty Images

Lineker had a very successful football career alone in the late 70s and 80s, but at that time football was not the lucrative career path, which has been in relation to the player salaries since then.

Lineker true Big Break came in financial conditions when the role of the game of the day of the day was followed by the Lynam in 1997 in the HotSeat.

While he initially did not go into the Big Bucks, Lineker held out and established himself in the Noughties in the Noughties when the popularity of the Premier League lasted.

Gary Linker has been presenting a match of the day for 26 years. Image: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
Gary Linker has been presenting a match of the day for 26 years. Image: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

It has been between € 1.30 million (€ 1.35 million) of the BBC top earnings in the past seven years in the past seven years and was previously £ 1.35 million (€ 1.6 million) after he had earned a closer look at 1.75 million GBP (€ 2 million) described as “outrageous” in 2019.

Lineker also has other commercial interests after founding a production company named Goalhanger Films LTD in 2014. In recent times, the company has produced podcasts including the rest for football – what it presents – the rest is politics, the rest is history and leader.

Overall, Lineker's exploits in football and television are estimated somewhere in the region of 30 million GBP (€ 35.7 million).

Family life

Gary Lineker and Danielle Bux in 2022. Image: Rachpoot/Bauer-Gangin/GC pictures

Lineker has four sons with his first wife, Michelle Cockane, whom he married in 1986. The couple was divorced in 2006 and described the separation as “friendly”.

The former Barcelona star then married a second time and drove the knot with model Danielle Bux -20 years in 2009 after the couple had met for the first time two years earlier.

After six years of marriage, the couple applied for a divorce in 2016 – for the reason that Lineker's reluctance has more children. You have kept a close friendship in the meantime.

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