The Figo Affair: The Transfer that Changed Football

One of the most iconic transfer of all time, it's crazy to see the point of view of all people involved. What makes someone to go from Barça to Real the way he moved? The answer is in this documentary after 20 years.

If it wasn't tragic, it would be hilarious how Barcelona didn't learn anything from the Figo affair - and repeated the exact same story with Neymar.

As a documentary, this is really well done - shows the facts, using great archival footage, asks questions to all the actors involved, and gets answers from them. Who's lying and who doesn't? You can make up your own mind about that.

Football is a sport like no other, embedded in the history and culture of city's, it brings together and divides people like nothing else of its make. Amazing to see how transfers and speculation took place in the 90s and how one of the greatest betrayals in football history unfolded.

Also great to see Perez, Guardiola and others openly talk about their truth. Figo about his own. Somehow years later the stories still don't match which is absolutely insane.

Must watch for football fans and non football fans. 10/10 for me personally, never seen such a good football documentary and what a story to tell.

I dont mind people making alot of money, but for me football is passion, and figo is just pure greed. Very good story about how some people really are.

It is sports documentary filmed like a heist drama (because it kinda sorta was a heist?), and boy did I enjoy watching this!

You probably know about Figo's transfer from Barcelona to Real Madrid (a cardinal sin to many) but I believe this is the first time EVERYBODY involved are getting together to talk about their version of the truth, even Florentino Perez.

This doc gives you some insight into why football is more than a sport, but this time, from a political, business and cultural standpoint.

Whether you know this story or not (especially if you don't know about the details) you HAVE to watch this because this is literally the transfer was the cornerstone to Perez's Galácticos and everything that happened at RMA since then is history.

Side note, i LOVED the background score in this doc, something you'd not care about in content like this but it added so much to the tension.

Would totally recommend, perhaps even if you don't know the sport.