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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 24: Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger (r) and new signing Nicolas Anelka pictured before an FA Carling Premiership match between Arsenal and Wimbledon at Highbury on February 24, 1997 in London, England. (Photo by Ben Radford/Allsport/Getty Images)
Nicolas Anelka and Arsene Wenger (L-R) immediately after he was signed

Considering the amount of sacrifice and discipline required to play at the highest level of professional football, it’s a wonder why players don’t crash and burn more often. While injuries and unwise transfers claim their fair share of careers, greed plays its part too. Players have been swayed by the glitz and glamour of the sport too often to ignore how easy it is to be led astray by too much money in too little time. You may like to believe that the love of money isn’t the root of all evil but try explaining that to these 10 footballers whose greed ruined their career: