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Vote: | At least I think it's impossible to imagine the club could have done any better in strengthening the squad. At this level it's not enough just to sign new players; they have to beplayers who make a difference - especially for us in a very significant season with the club's birthday coming up. |
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Vote: | I really did not think much about the size of the transfer fee when I left Barcelona because it was all down to market forces, not me. |
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Vote: | I would have been thrilled to play alongside Rui Costa at Madrid. I am sure he will win things with Milan. I just wish he could have won things with Madrid, instead. |
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Vote: | If we win trophies then I suppose we draw more fans and the club is more successful commercially. But it's not up to me to do the sums. |
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Vote: | Our president has always said it was his intention to sign the world's best players - and he believes it makes good business sense. |
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Vote: | Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy. |
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Vote: | Some of the fans here were not too sure about their club signing a player from their biggest rivals. Fortunately, we had a great season and won the League title for the first time in four years. Now, I think, everyone can say it was good business. |
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Vote: | There was interest from clubs in Italy and England, I believe. But I've never been attracted by the way they play in Italy. Staying in Spain was always my preference. |
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Vote: | When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on. |
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Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, born November 4, 1972 in Lisbon Portugal, is a Portuguese international footballer, who plays as a midfielder and winger.
Background He won his first senior international cap in 1991; prior to that, he won the Under-20 World Championships and Under-16 European Championships with Portugal junior sides. Figo moved to FC Barcelona from Sporting Clube de Portugal (a club which developed many other great Portuguese players) in 1995, but not before a dispute with Juventus and Parma, with whom he had signed a double contract, under risk of a lengthy ban. The situation was eventually resolved, and in four years be became a fan-favourite, captain and symbol of the Catalan side. In 2000 his transfer to Barcelona's arch-rival, Real Madrid, for a record-breaking £37,000,000 only intensified the great animosity between the two clubs. There was a short-lived website (antifigo.com ) devoted to insult "judas Figo"; he missed his highly anticipated first return to the Nou Camp due to injury; in 2002, Barcelona's ground was banned after objects were thrown at Figo, while massive chants calling him Pesetero (which can be roughly translated to money whore) echoed in the stadium, and finally, during the final match of between Greece and Portugal, a Barça fan known as Jimmy Jump ran across the field and threw a FC Barcelona flag at Figo in an apparent act of defiance.
Already a great winger at the beginning of his career, Figo eventually became one of the best players of the world, and undoubtedly the best winger of his generation. His dazzling dribbling and the amazing amount of assists (Figo confesses that he enjoys assisting as much as scoring) assured him success and fame all over the world. Figo is recognized for his versatility throughout the pitch.
Luís Figo is nowadays one of the main Portuguese symbols and ambassadors. Many Portuguese travelling outside southern Europe get "Oh! Figo! Figo!" as a reply, when saying they are Portuguese.
He was 2001 FIFA World Player of the Year and is arguably one of the great all-time players.
On August 18, 2004, Figo announced that he would "take a break" from international football. In April 2005 he announced to be ready to return, as he was sidelined in Real Madrid, and the next month Luiz Felipe Scolari announced he would talk with him about the return. He agreed to return on 13 May, and the match between Portugal and Slovakia in June 4 will probably become his return. This received mixed feelings from Portuguese fans: some see his return as fixing something that should not have happened, others fear on the "concessions" Scolari made to bring him back.
Many post-season rumours place him outside Madrid, and given the animosity between him and Vanderlei Luxemburgo, it is likely Figo will move to another club during the 2005-06 season.
He is married to Swedish model Helen Svedin. They have three daughters named Daniela, Martina and Stella.
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