I hope you're right, but I'm not sure. If she refuses to cooperate then, unfortunately, there are circumstances he could put forward which may make the chance of winning a case less certain. And I they're going to pursue this case against her wishes (if she states "I'm just happy to be away from him and want to leave that part of my life behind me") then they have to be certain they are going to win otherwise they risk distressing private details of her life being put into the public domain.
I think, at this time, it's more likely that he will continue to have a career in football than not, unfortunately. Unless she decides she wants this to go to court.