The bitter pill of selling your prized asset often comes with the soothing chaser of what follows - money. There will be plenty of that should Tottenham sanction Harry Kane's exit this summer.
The England captain has joined the likes of Dimitar Berbatov, Luka Modric and Gareth Bale in growing disillusioned with life in north London - telling the club he wants to leave this summer in a bid to add some trophies to his sparkling CV.
At 27 and freshly crowned as the Premier League's Golden Boot winner for the third time after his final-day strike against Leicester, Kane is in the prime of his career and time is running out to end it with the honours his talent deserves.