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Figo breaks record and Barca hearts
Top left: Figo in a Barca shirt; bottom left: Figo wins the Ballon d'Or in 2000; top right: Barca fans burn his picture; bottom right; a pig's head is thrown at Figo on to the Camp Nou pitch
The great Luis Figo became a global superstar during his time with Barcelona - before stunning the football world by moving to Real Madrid in 2000.

The Portuguese flier with a rocket for a shot moved for a then-world record �37.5m. Barca supporters, who had idolised him for five years, felt a deep sense of betrayal while the club mourned his departure.

When Figo returned with Real to the Camp Nou in November 2002, some Barca fans threw whiskey bottles and even a pig's head at their former hero as he took a corner.

In five successful years in Madrid, Figo cemented his place as a legend of the game.



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