louis figo He is one of the protagonists of Clásicos and plays for both Barcelona and Real Madrid. On his departure from the Barça club to the merengue, with all that it entails, he spoke to The Guardian.
His signing for Real Madrid
“I will decide if I go or not. I have everything in Barcelona, a transfer to Real Madrid took a toll on me. I am very calm, although at the same time I have a duty of care to the people who work with me. But the decision was made by me, I take responsibility for it, for my actions. The decision to relieve them of that responsibility is mine alone. And after a year I stopped working with my agent. For some situations that arise. I said, ‘Alright, I’ll be responsible again. From now on, you own your life, mine is mine.”
Friends in Barcelona
“Maybe it’s good because I thought they were friends and they weren’t. You realize. When this happens, they don’t want to show you because of how it looks in Barcelona. It’s complicated, but I understand it. Well, I don’t understand, but I don’t care. In the end I have a very strong concept of friendship, so it will surprise you; you are suffering because you are in a relationship with people who you think are weird and it doesn’t turn out that way.
Exchange Barcelona for Real Madrid
“At Barcelona I have everything, but you think: ‘It’s not like I’m going to a second-rate club.’ If it wasn’t for Madrid, maybe I wouldn’t have left. It was a challenge, a decision based on feeling valued, to convince myself that I would be a very important piece. It could be a shit but no, thank God.. .”
His arrival at Real Madrid
“Now there is more protection. It’s like I give a press conference every day. That takes it. We start touring, a new idea, there is the competition, the pressure, the price. Not everyone likes it, how can everyone like it? The only thing I’m worried about is if something happens to me physically, a crazy person. But play soccer? No! In football there is no reason to be afraid.
forest
“He’s one of the best people and coaches I’ve ever met. Managing 25 egos is the hardest thing in the world. It’s not about being great. There are egos, there will always be egos, but there are great ones. professional who wants to compete, to win, who respects the space of the other. If everyone says: ‘No, I’m the best in the world, run’, it’s chaos. We had a very good atmosphere “
Liverpool
“I would have liked to go. We talked a lot. One week they told me: ‘No, wait, we can’t do it now’ and then they signed a player. Then ‘wait a few days, we have to figure it out ‘ and they signed another one. I thought, ‘Damn, are you kidding me or what?’ Inter appeared, I went to Milan, and I was meeting with Moratti and made a decision. I loved Inter, that’s exactly what I needed.”
Source: La Verdad
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