Luis Figo declares himself a fan of Ousmane Dembele

Luis Figo declares himself a fan of Ousmane Dembele

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The Portuguese winger likes that the Barcelona man takes risks on the pitch

Former Real Madrid and FC Barcelona player Luis Figo has publicly declared himself an unconditional fan of FC Barcelona striker Ousmane Dembélé. In an extensive interview with the newspaper Marca, the Portuguese also showed his admiration for Ansu Fati, Gnabry and Portu.

Figo acknowledged that "if you ask me about a footballer who reminds me of the way I play, I will tell you that I like Dembélé a lot. He has had bad luck with injuries, but he has enormous potential. Then there are others like Gnabry, from Bayern, is very good, and young. They are wingers and I like them for their self-confidence when looking for one against one situations. Ansu Fati also started that way. They are players that I like because they like to take risks and are not afraid. Portu, from Real Sociedad, I also like ".

The former Madrid player also looked back at his controversial signing for Real Madrid 20 years ago from Barcelona and said: "I don't know if it is an exaggeration to say that football changed, but in Spanish football for sure it changed something. Never had so much been paid for a transfer, and from that moment they began to pay higher figures ".

Figo showed a selective memory to ignore the most controversial details of the controversial pre-contract that his representative, Veiga, signed with Florentino Pérez, then a candidate for the presidency of Real Madrid. "I don't know if a penalty had to be paid if I hadn't gone to Madrid is true, really," he said. 

"I only signed the contract with Madrid one day after Florentino won the elections, and I never saw the contract or the commitment of my agent with Florentino. It was discussed and I think it is true that in that commitment in case I did not come, my representative had signed that he would be responsible for the payment of one year of the fees for all club members. But I did not I was aware of that and I have not seen any document with that commitment. It was something that was said but I did not see it."

The Portuguese also referred to Leo Messi's bid to leave this summer via burofax. "I experienced Messi and his attempt to leave Barcelona this summer like all football lovers: expecting and surprised. He will have his reasons and motives for making that decision, I don't know what happened before. All clubs want to have a player like Messi but then it depends on factors such as the club's financial situation, the costs that his salary implies for the club, the player's will ... But in general in life if you don't want to be in a place in the end there is nothing to hold you back."

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