Fresh start for Figo at Inter
Friday, August 5, 2005
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FC Internazionale Milano have made Luís Figo their third signing from Real Madrid CF this summer.
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Spanish stay
The 32-year-old, who has moved on a free transfer, has agreed a two-year contract with the Serie A club, bringing to an end a ten-year stay in Spain. He spent five seasons at FC Barcelona, where he won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996/97 and two consecutive Primera División titles, before controversially switching to Madrid in a €65m transfer for the 2000/01 campaign.
European champion
At the Santiago Bernabéu, Figo won the Spanish title on two more occasions and also the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League. He will link up with former team-mates Santiago Solari and Walter Samuel at his new club, as well as Esteban Cambiasso, who moved in 2004. Inter begin their Champions League campaign next week with the first leg of their third qualifying round match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk, after last season's third-place finish.