With his Real Madrid contract expiring that summer, the 2000 Ballon d’Or winner held talks with the Reds after their Champions League final win in Istanbul.
"Yes, it was a possibility at that time," Figo told GOAL. "It was close, I was negotiating with Rafa , but in the end it didn’t happen for different reasons. "I don’t know , but every week they were like, ‘We’re waiting to do this,’ and then they sign one player. ‘We’re waiting,’ and then they sign another.Liverpool would end up signing Bolo Zenden, Pepe Reina, Momo Sissoko, and Peter Crouch in July 2005, as Figo instead joined Internazionale at the start of August.
"I decided what was more secure and sure in that moment,” he said. “Which was after I had a meeting with Massimo Moratti .
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