Synopsis
The Figo Affair: The Transfer That Changed Football (2022) is a documentary you can watch online on iFILM. It picks apart the deal that redrew the sport: Luís Figo's move from Barcelona to Real Madrid in the summer of 2000.
Figo was the idol of Camp Nou and the Catalans' captain — then, overnight, he was wearing the colours of the bitter enemy. The film traces, step by step, how agent José Veiga and Real Madrid presidential candidate Florentino Pérez pulled off the switch, turning a player into a bargaining chip in an election campaign. The people who lived it tell the story: Figo himself, Pep Guardiola, Roberto Carlos, Fernando Hierro, and Barça president Joan Gaspart.
Directors David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas keep the tone close to a thriller: contracts, phone calls, buyout clauses, and the pig's head that landed on the pitch the night Figo came back. It's essential for anyone who remembers the early-2000s Clásicos, and a clear way in for newcomers who want to understand where all that hatred came from. Stream The Figo Affair (2022) online on iFILM.
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