I finished watching the Figo Affair: The transfer that changed football and Im just shocked a transfer like this happened. From Figo being an exceptional captain at Barcelona, mocking Real Madrid , Florentino Perez beating Lorenzo Sanz as President of Real Madrid and revolutionizing the brand, dealing with threats from Barcelona fans to the point where he feared his own safety, him admitting he wouldn’t leave , as well how much Barcelona meant to him.

  • MulderXXX@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Figo only went to Barça because he signed a contract with Parma and another with Juve and because of that he was not allowed to sign with an Italian club. Regarding the transfer to Real it was his agent that sign the agreement with Perez. His agent had a Power of Attorney to sign on his behalf. Agent thought he was smarter than Perez and wanted to leverage Barça. However Perez had a clause on the agreement that if Figo did not delivered he had to pay Perez so much money that Figo would be bankrupt. And so Figo honored the transfer. The following year that same agent was part of the Zidane transfer.