The Figo Affair The Transfer that Changed Football

ESP 2022

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In the summer of 2000 Real Madrid presidential hopeful Florentino Pérez promised voters that he would sign Luis Figo, one of the biggest superstars in world football, from their arch-rivals Barcelona if he were elected President. Scoffed and ridiculed at the very notion at first, but when the transfer did finally materialise it became one of the most hostile transfers in football history. Those who follow European club football will be aware of the ‘Galacticos’ Florentino Pérez’s vision of a European super team of the world’s biggest stars. It also made the Real Madrid scouting team and the coaching staff redundant as a politician was deciding on the football side of things for the Spanish giants. Pérez ended up signing Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, Robinho, Makélélé, Ramos, and Figo. This was already a team that boasted superstars such as Casillas. Hierro, Raúl, Guti, Roberto Carlos, and many more. But the promise of bringing Figo from Barcelona was meant to be a statement signing that would not only give Real Madrid a psychological advantage but also deprive Barcelona of their star player. Most importantly Pérez