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Unpopular Opinion: Luis Figo was right to betray Barçelona

Whenever Luis Figo appears in front of a journalist the urge to ask him about one of the most controversial transfers in sporting history is simply too big to resist. Regardless of the amount of trophies he’s won both collectively and individually, what draws people to click on the thumbnail still nearly two decades later is his version of why he decided to turn his back on the magnificent legacy he had built at FC Barcelona to start a new one with their arch-rivals from the nation’s capital, Real Madrid.

It was no different this time around when the ex-Portuguese international sat down with José Moro, president of the Spanish winery Bodegas Emilio Moro, for a campaign to commemorate the anniversary of the wine Malleolus.