Gary Lineker nips out for a coffee in LA to save a few dollars on a drink… despite his £1.6million BBC pay packet

GARY Lineker nips out to a coffee chain in LA to save a few dollars on a drink, despite his £1.6million BBC pay packet.

The Match of the Day presenter, 56, left the £1,000-a-night Wardorf Astoria — where a cup of coffee costs £7 — to buy a £2.80 Starbucks drink to take away.

Gary was this week revealed as the BBC’s second-highest paid talent.

He had earlier posted an Instagram snap of himself posing on the rooftop pool with a £16,000 Hublot watch.

The England footie legend came under fire following the BBC's payment controversy when snaps showed him posing on a rooftop pool at a £1,000-a-night hotel, hanging out in millionaires’ playground The Hamptons and drinking £370 bottles of fine wine.

Lineker had been quick to mock concerns over his salary which was revealed earlier this week as the BBC published the earnings of its highest-paid stars.

The pay packet the equivalent of 12,500 licence fees or the salaries of 68 NHS nurses.

But the 56-year-old’s response to the revelations was to tweet: “This whole BBC salary exposure is an absolute outrage… I mean, how can Chris Evans be on more than me?”

Lineker has presented Match of the Day as well as the Euro 2016 championships, FA Cup matches and Sports Personality of the Year and a guest appearance on Have I Got News For You.