If you look at lessons from the world’s richest leagues, the NFL and the Premier League, such elevated status often ends up destroying the stars’ families through bankruptcy and divorce anyway.

In truth, ego is often both the driver and the danger in the desire for more. For players and executives and, as a result of their negotiations, their clubs.

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