The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football (2022)

On a pleasant summer evening in 1998, Louis Figo, the hottest player in world football, walked onto the balcony of the Gothic Catalan Palace, the residence of the president of Catalonia. Dressed in a club suit and his hair dyed blue and red, he grabbed the microphone in front of a crowd celebrating Barcelona's latest league title and sang: "Cry in white, the new king ascends the throne!" "Real Madrid cried and the champions cheered!" Two years later, he came to Barcelona's Nou Camp Stadium, wearing the same white jersey. He is the first superstar to join Real Madrid's Galactic Fleet; he is the highest-paid footballer in the world; he is the most hated man in Catalonia. Louis Figo broke the transfer record, divided a country and shaped modern football. "Figo's past: the transfer of the Century changing Football" gives the audience an in-depth understanding of Figo. It tells a fascinating story: how his transfer was achieved, the twists and turns in the behind-the-scenes trading process, his sporting enemies in history, deep cultural differences, and the pig head incident.