Read our Privacy noticeLicence fee payers will not shoulder any of the cost linked to BBC pundits Alan Shearer and Micah Richards’ work on The Rest Is Football podcast during this summer’s World Cup, the Press Association understands. Former England and Newcastle striker Shearer is expected to be in North America throughout the finals and will fit his commitments to the podcast around his contracted BBC work. The Times has reported the World Cup deal between Goalhanger and Netflix is worth £14million, which dwarfs Lineker’s BBC 2024-25 annual salary of £1.35m. The BBC and Goalhanger are understood to be working closely to ensure Shearer and Richards’ schedules are aligned during the World Cup. The BBC, Netflix and Goalhanger Podcasts declined to comment.