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Why £1.35m Gary Lineker was so 'interested' in the Jermaine Jenas scandal, revealed by KATIE HIND - and why BBC gossips are talking about little else...


You have to wonder what ran through Gary Lineker's mind the moment he discovered Jermaine Jenas had been sacked by the BBC.

The news had been kept a secret for several days after the Corporation's human resources department fired him following complaints about sexual text messages Jenas had sent to two female colleagues. Jenas, like Lineker an ex-England footballer, had recently been promoted to become a regular anchor on the BBC's popular magazine programme, The One Show. He has endured years of criticism for his high salary, not to mention his online comments – which led to a high-profile debate about impartiality rules and BBC presenters' behaviour on social media.

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