Every football player plays for the money, Messi and Ronaldo have spat their dummy out in the last couple of years even when they are the highest paid. But then, you do have players like Eto who took a pay cut for Chelsea and a few other players who took a pay cut to leave us.pudge & rodge said:Assou-Ekotto, a player who admits to only playing football for the money, headbutts his own teammate for what? Not showing enough passion?..