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Figo set to join Inter Milan - Report
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-04 09:37 MADRID, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Real Madrid midfielder
Luis Figo has agreed to sign a two-year deal with Inter Milan, Spanish media
reported on Wednesday.
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| Real Madrid's Luis Figo (R) of Portugal and Zinedine Zidane of
France arrive at Tokyo's Narita airport July 24, 2005.
[Reuters] | Radio Marca said the 32-year-old Portuguese
international would travel to Milan on Thursday to have a medical and sign a
contract with the Serie A club for a reported salary of ?.5 million ($5.54
million) a year.
The former World and European Player of the Year, who fell out with Real
coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo after being consigned to the bench for the latter
part of last season, had been given permission to negotiate with other clubs.
Figo joined Real in 2000 in one of the most controversial transfers in
Spanish football history when newly elected club president Florentino Perez paid
a then world record $56 million to buy him out of his contract with arch-rivals
Barcelona.
The midfielder, viewed as Real's first Galactico signing, helped them to the
league title in his first season at the club and played an important part in
their victories at the 2002 European Cup and the 2003 Spanish championship.
Figo, who had a year to run on his Real contract, agreed recently to come out
of international retirement and has made it clear he wants to continue playing
for Portugal until next year's World Cup.
If he does sign for Inter, he would be the fourth Real Madrid player to join
the Serie A side in the last 12 months.
Argentine midfielder Esteban Cambiasso joined Inter last year and compatriots
Santiago Solari and Walter Samuel have followed the same route in the close
season.
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