REWIND TO 2002

Figo's great betrayal

November 25, 2010
By Tom Adams
(Archive)
On Monday, Camp Nou plays host to one of the most passionate and evocative fixtures in world football as Real Madrid visit Barcelona for el clasico. As a former employee and current provocateur of Barca, Jose Mourinho is expected to receive a hostile welcome, but it will be nothing compared to the one reserved for Luis Figo in 2002. Once a darling of Catalunya, the midfielder became Judas incarnate when joining Real in deeply divisive circumstances in 2000, and his return to Barca provoked fierce ...

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