Figo Watch: What a Difference a Week Makes

Though the folks at Al Ittihad are oddly silent this morning, everyone else and his brother are all “Figo? To Saudi Arabia? Don’t make me laugh.” As if, you know, just a week ago all the same outlets weren’t telling us that his bags were packed and he was on his way. Ah, football. Such a crazy world.

My question, now that we’re sure he’s staying, is how close Figo actually came to signing with the Saudi club. We know for sure that he’s been in Dubai — it wouldn’t surprise me if he went there with the intention of signing that outrageous contract and only came to his sense after hearing from Moratti, maybe only a day or two before he was due to put pen to paper. It’s easy for everyone at Inter to sort of shake their heads sternly and act like nothing was up, but I bet it was a very near thing indeed — and that there was a grain of truth in those Beckham rumors, too.

Whatever the hell went on behind the scenes, though, the fact is that Figo is still an Inter player and, yes, the Figo Watch is at an end. (And there was much rejoicing, on both counts.) We are now free to focus our energies on other grumpy transfer targets like Cassano and Ribery, and to wonder whether Milan will end up buying anyone at all.

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