It’s been 22 years since it happened, but his signature Luis Figo for him Real Madriddirectly from Barcelonaremains one of the most impressive transfers in history football, mainly in Spain.
The Portuguese arrived at Barcelona in mid-1995 and in five seasons he won seven titles, including two championships and a European Cup Winners’ Cup. But when he was already an idol culéat the age of 27 and after being awarded the best foreign player in La Liga for two consecutive seasons, he went to Real Madrid for 60 million eurosin what until then was the the most expensive transfer in history of football.
Luís Figo, Florentino Pérez, José Veiga, Joan Gaspart, Paulo Futre… 22 years later, the protagonists speak for the first time about the most controversial transfer in football history. The documentary #ElCasoFigoElFichajeDelSiglo Coming August 25th. pic.twitter.com/ibxR5yJflW
– Netflix Spain (@NetflixES) August 18, 2022
For Real Madrid it meant his arrival the beginning of the galactic age: He was the first signing of Florentino Pérez, who kept his promise to sign him should he win the election as president of the club, which he did by paying the termination clause of the contract of the Portuguese, who was on a much higher salary than him at the Catalan club and who at one point had regretted what he was about to do but could not go back.
Figo was cast as Golden ball the same year in 2000 and he was not the first footballer to go from Real Madrid to Barcelona or vice versa, but his case resonated like no other because of the way it was taken by the Catalan fans, who they even threw a pig’s head at him in a Classic.
ONE documentary produced by Netflix which will be released this year will review the entire history of the case, with statements from the protagonists of the negotiation: Florentino Pérez, Joan Gaspart, José Veiga, Paulo Futre and Figo himself.
When is the documentary “The Figo case, the signature of the century” released?
Netflix announced that since then Thursday, August 25 you can watch the documentary “The Figo case, the signature of the century”.
Where can you watch the documentary “The Figo case, the signature of the century”?
The documentary “The Figo case, the signature of the century” was produced by him Netflix which, for now, can only be seen on this platform.
