Splitting current footballers (5,6)

I believe the answer is:

going halves

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'splitting' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'current footballers' is the wordplay.
'current' becomes 'going' (I've seen this in another clue).
'footballers' becomes 'halves' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'going'+'halves'='GOING HALVES'

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