Luis Figo has admitted that he “talked a lot” to Liverpool and was keen to join the club in 2005, only for the club to miss out to Inter Milan.
Figo carved out a storied career for Sporting Lisbon and Barcelona before becoming Real Madrid ’s first Galactico signing in 2000. After getting over the controversy of his €60million move from Barca, Figo established himself as one of Europe’s star players with the Spanish giants.
But by the time he was 32 years old he had slipped down the pecking order with Los Blancos and was ready to leave. Speaking in an interview to promote a new Netflix documentary entitled ‘The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football’, Figo has revealed how close he came to joining Liverpool.
