All summer long, the whole world watched the European Championship.
As soon as the European Championship was over,
the major clubs that had been lying in wait sprang into action.
Buy him! Buy him! Buy him!
But nobody expected that the heaviest deal of the summer would come from Portugal.
On July 24th, Real Madrid announced the signing of Barcelona's captain Luis Figo for a transfer fee of 60 million Euros.
This transfer shook Europe.
It could essentially be understood as Messi joining Real Madrid, Ginola joining Barcelona.
The deal was outrageous.
It was full of too many coincidences and calculations.
Figo had been with Barcelona for five years, and this year, he had reached his peak; he hoped to earn higher wages.
However, even the emerging Ronaldo didn't get a better salary at Barcelona and thus left for Inter Milan.
Naturally, Figo didn't get the satisfactory price he had hoped for.
