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Tom Coleman

Gary Lineker's earnings compared to BBC colleagues as MOTD host tops highest-paid list for five years

Gary Lineker is set to return to our screens after briefly being taken off air by the BBC.

Lineker landed himself in hot water after publicly criticising the UK Government's new Illegal Migration Bill, a move some felt fell foul of the BBC's guidelines on impartiality.

The row caused Lineker to be removed from his duties as host of Match of the Day on Saturday night, which aired without him or fellow pundits Ian Wright and Alan Shearer, who both refused to take part in the programme in a show of solidarity for their colleague. A number of other presenters, and even commentators, also refused to contribute to the show, which was reduced to stripped-back clips of the weekend's Premier League action without any analysis or commentary.

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