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10 Most Expensive Transfer Deals In The History Of Football
The January Transfer window which ended yesterday brought yet another moment of madness in the transfer value. Like what Sir Alex Ferguson said, there is no value in the transfer market. In a few dramatic hours of the transfer window, Chelsea, Liverpool and a few other clubs were at their level best in signing players. There were a lot of surprises but the best of the lot was the fact that Manchester City was quiet on the last day.
As Chelsea snapped up Fernando Torres for 50 million and Liverpool replacing Torres with the 35 million signing of Andy Carroll, there is a new look to the 10 most Expensive transfer deals in the history of football.
From Madrid with Hate--Luis Figo's Departure from Real Madrid
Though my primary duties involve covering all things Italian football, I thought it would be fitting to contribute to the debate around what is, after all, one of the biggest games in world football: Barcelona versus Real Madrid.The piece below, which originally appeared on August 23rd, 2005, touches on the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona, and also the way in which the former treated former Portuguese star Luis Figo.
Figo moved to Inter in the summer of 2005 after he was frozen out from the Real Madrid team. Despite widespread dismay at Madrid's behaviour, Barcelona fans had little sympathy for Figo's treatment because years earlier he had left the Catalan club for Real Madrid after claims of fidelity.
FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid: A Brief History Of El Clasico
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With football, as with any sport, there is no more powerful reflection of greatness than to compete against a powerful arch-rival, a nemesis whose very existence fuels passion and against whom one’s own greatness is either confirmed or found wanting. Seabiscuit, for example, had War Admiral. Muhammad Ali had Joe Frazier. Lance Armstrong had Jan Ullrich.
Such a nemesis serves to enhance, perhaps even define, a competitor’s greatness, and no competition can be considered truly successful unless the nemesis has been vanquished. And yet, as so often occurs in titanic sporting tussles, greatness may be confirmed for loser and winner alike.
Few rivalries in sport can compare with the spectacle, the passion, and the sheer football brilliance of a match between Spanish football titans Real Madrid FC and FC Barcelona. And any meeting between the two is known simply, elegantly, and without overstatement as “El Clasico.”