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Figo set to join Inter Milan - Report 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.
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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