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- "I was a guinea pig," Figo explained to the Guardian in reference to his move across La Liga's great divide.
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Oct 26, 2018 · Essentially this is a love story, just one that happens to involve the severed head of a suckling pig. ... Luis Figo, left to join Real Madrid in 2000. Two years later, the Portuguese midfielder's ...
Oct 15, 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 15:40 BST. 3 min read. © ProShots. Former Barcelona and Real Madrid ace Luis Figo has admitted that his historic transfer between the two clubs took a huge toll on him personally. Figo was an idol at Camp Nou when in 2000 he made the earth-shattering decision to move to their arch-rivals in the Spanish capital.
“I was a guinea pig. I’d like more value given to my whole career than one episode that marks an age and altered the market, the philosophy of football. It was and is history," Figo said in an interview to The Guardian.
Oct 16, 2022 · So significant a moment in football history that even 22 years after the incident, Figo is considered a “traitor” in Camp Nou. Years later, he opened up to the Guardian about the transfer and the intrigue behind it: “I was a guinea pig.
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Nov 23, 2016 · FOURTEEN years ago today – on 23 November 2002 – Real Madrid superstar Luis Figo, the original Galactico and Balon d’Or winner, was clearing away the area around the Nou Camp corner flag at the...
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The transfer of Luis Figo from Barcelona to Real Madrid in 2000 remains the stuff of folklore — and a tale Los Culés will never forget. His exit fanned the f...
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Oct 27, 2023 · It was during the break in play that cameras picked up a pig’s head which was among the objects near one of the corner flags. As for the game itself, it was one of the worst Clasicos in recent history, ending 0-0, with the Luis Figo pig head incident ultimately being what the match is best remembered for.
