Earning millions of pounds is not always enough for some footballers, who have seen their lavish spending, poor financial speculation or just plain bad luck lead to bankruptcy and trouble with the taxman.
Scroll through the gallery above to see which former household names have run into money difficulties despite their enormous incomes.
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