Luis Figo’s sensational move to Real Madrid, rather suitably, begins with a fantastical story and an outright lie. That lie is not that the Portuguese genuinely loved Barcelona, or that he never ...

Big-money moves are nothing new in European football, but some transfers still send shockwaves decades later. One such moment came 25 years ago, when Luís Figo, Barcelona’s poster boy and midfield ...

Luis Figo, the former Portugal star who was running for FIFA’s presidency until he withdrew his candidacy last week, criticized the reelection of Sepp Blatter on Friday. Blatter was elected for his ...

Somebody is lying. Maybe everybody to a degree. At the very least, it appears as if several people in Netflix’s The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football (available now on the streaming ...

For a supporter, there aren’t many greater acts of treachery a player can commit than leaving for a massive rival. But there are few more high profile than when Luis Figo swapped the iconic Blaugrana ...

On July 15, 2000, Luis Figo picked up his phone and asked a journalist for a favour. Barcelona’s brightest star then invited a Catalan reporter to join his family holiday in Sardinia so he could ...