E101 - THE FIGO - affair the transfer that changed football (Documentary)

The Netflix documentary, The Figo Affair, tells the story of one of football’s most infamous transfer stories — that of Luís Figo’s move from Barcelona to Real Madrid. The transfer of Luís Figo from Barcelona to Real Madrid in 2000 is one of the world’s most controversial. A veritable who’s who of celebrities, superstar sportsmen and agents, The Figo Affair illuminates the facts behind the story with unprecedented insight from all sides. Luis Figo, a pillar of Spain’s famed “Dream Team”, shocked the football world when he agreed to move to their fiercest rivals, FC Barcelona and proceed from hero to villain in the eyes of many Barca fans in one fell swoop. It’s not just the goslings on the pitch, or even the goal-hanging ref, that have been through a rollercoaster of emotions this season. A documentary about football also has plenty of thrills and spills for armchair fans,