Football hasn't quite been the same since June 2000. With Luis Figo's world record €62m move from Real Madrid to Barcelona, the fee alone had a seismic impact - as did the near civil-war he instigated between the El Clasico giants - as Barça fans spat fire every time a Figo-led Real entered the pitch at Camp Nou. More significant than all of that, however, was what it represented. The contentious, maniacal signing was the perfect pace-setter for Florentino Perez's first reign of madness, and...
Original author: Robbie Copeland

