Figo Watch: The Agony Continues
By: Martha | January 2nd, 2007
Despite the fact that Al Ittihad’s official website still insists the club will unveil Luis Figo as its newest signing on Friday, the internets are offering some crumbs of hope for those of us fervently praying the whole thing is just an elaborate joke. First, there’s this report in the Gulf Daily News (it’s the “Voice of Bahrain,” don’t you know), which claims Figo will arrive in Bahrain today for six days of training with the rest of Inter’s first team. According to the article, he and Stankovic actually were in Dubai over the holidays, but they were merely celebrating, not signing massive contracts with Saudi clubs. While that sounds good, I’m not sure I’m particularly relieved, especially since the article is more of a “WOO HOO! INTER’S COMING!” advertisement than an actual, you know, news piece.
According to Goal.com, meanwhile, Figo is not only not leaving Inter, but he’s about to sign an extension to keep him at the club for another year. And this one has actual quotes from Massimo Moratti — it must be true, right? (Yes, I’m choosing to ignore the fact that Al Ittihad’s article about Figo’s move also features quotes from club officials.) Either Moratti called Figo and was so persuasive in his declarations of love and devotion that the player turned down the richest deal in football to stay at Inter or someone is going to extreme lengths to make us think he did, because the conversation was also mentioned in La Gazzetta Dello Sport. Either way, all of the profound emotional pain this drama is causing (What? It’s not killing all of you?) will be over in a few days, when Al Ittihad either introduce their very wealthy new Portuguese winger or they don’t.
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