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3. Luis Figo: Barcelona to Real Madrid - Goal.com India

Players whose release clause was activated 3. Luis Figo: Barcelona to Real Madrid This transfer was perhaps one of the most widely covered ones in football history. Real Madrid president Florentino Perez had just started to implement his much vaunted 'Galacticos' policy where the planet's best players were to play for Real Madrid. In 2000, Luis Figo made the move from Barcelona to their bitter rivals Madrid after the capital club activated his '��60 million buy-out clause. The move, as expected, did not go down well with the Catalan fans who refer to this as the ultimate betrayal. The Portuguese international received a hostile reception at Camp Nou during a league match in 2002 when a pig's head was thrown at him from the crowd. Figo won the La Liga titles in 2001 and 2003 along with a Champions League title in his time with the Los Blancos. Friday 26 April 2013 9:46 AM Players whose release clause was activated Source: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=...

Champions League: A semi-detached Jose Mourinho aims for third time lucky ... - The Independent

The future goes on hold this evening at Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion as Jose Mourinho and Real Madrid go into their third consecutive Champions League semi-final together. The dual European Cup-winning coach asked for football to be fair to his twice-beaten semi-finalist players. Thoughts of Mourinho's next club and Real Madrid's next move were both put to one side as he responded to a question about how his team would cope with the fear of falling at another semi-final hurdle. "I combat anxiety by never having it," he said. "Let those who have anxiety worry about how to deal with it. I don't have it. It's another game, a big one that can take us to the final but it's another game." Asked who his goalkeeper would be he reeled off his entire starting XI, confirming Diego Lopez and Gonzalo Higuain would start ahead of Iker Casillas and Karim Benzema, and admitting only one doubt '� Angel Di Maria, who had been allowed extr...