he's the BBC Golden Boy Who has become an institution over the past 25 years and while Gary loner may not be everyone's cup of tea his former TV Mentor Des lynham admits he does a first class job the BBC's Flagship football show match of the day is turning 60 and returns to screens this weekend with the start of the Premier League season loner will be back front and center a matter of weeks after hunting the channels Euro 2024 coverage and causing controversy after labeling England as after their group stage draw with Denmark a remark that didn't sit well with Rel lion stars and linam who was presenting motd when loner first arrived on screens as a pundit says he wasn't comfortable as a pundit at the beginning of course he's been highly critical of the England team in the Euros but when he first came on he wouldn't criticize anybody when I left he immediately got the job and grew into it very rapidly I know he's not everyone's cup of tea but for my money I think he does a first class job loner who took over the football highlights show in 1999 when lynham joined ITV is the corporation's best paid presenter according to the BBC's latest annual report taking home 1.35 million per year now linam 81 admits that while his successor pay can't be justified in terms of what a nurse or fireman do his salary is the market for his first class services 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 us 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 he's a very lucky champ he's had two great careers and the second one is helped Along by the fact he had the first one the full interview with Des linam can be read in the latest edition of the radio times which will be published on August 13th