Gary Lineker has remained the BBC's highest-paid employee for a number of years and his staggering pay once drew quite a bit of criticism from ex-Mastermind host John Humphrys

Gary Lineker is one of the BBC's most prized assets, but his considerable salary was once described as "outrageous" by a veteran broadcaster.

A factor in the BBC’s refusal to cast the presenter adrift could be the continuing success of his podcasts, which appear on Sounds