Luis Figo
Luis Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo, OIHis a retired Portuguese footballer. He played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Internazionale before retiring on 31 May 2009. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team a then record but later broken by Cristiano Ronaldo...
NationalityPortuguese
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth4 November 1972
CityAlmada, Portugal
CountryPortugal
commercial decisions later pay players sake signing sooner three took wrong
Everything started to go wrong at Real after those first three years when commercial decisions took precedence over sporting ones. They started signing players for the sake of signing them. When things are like that sooner or later you pay for it.
biggest club fans four good great league player season signing sure time title won
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.
gone involved required sorry
The only thing I'm sorry about is that there were too many intermediaries involved in these negotiations. It only required two days, yet it's gone on for two months.
step win
We've come here to win and get one step away from the World Cup.
happening home
What is happening here is shameful, it's better if we all go home or go on holiday.
expect fighting fights-and-fighting portuguese pressure throw
The Portuguese are fighting for their lives. I expect them to put us under a lot of pressure and throw everything into attack,
call either kicked
Me call the president? If he has kicked me out, what for? He didn't call me either when I left.
alongside sure thrilled win wish won
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.
believes best business good intention players president sign
Our president has always said it was his intention to sign the world's best players - and he believes it makes good business sense.
draw means top win
For us a draw means little, we need to win to get to the top of the standings,
deserve driving football goal goals greece less minutes mistakes played win
For what we played over the 90 minutes we didn't deserve this result. Greece was driving two times our goal and scored two goals ... football is like that. Who makes less mistakes can win the game.
chance less project
If what's most important about your project is to make a circus, you have much less chance of sporting success.
club draw fans successful suppose trophies win
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.
ball constantly head penalty quickly team wants
We're now more aggressive. We're a team which wants the ball constantly and when we have it, we head quickly for the penalty area,