Beckham padded a lineup that already included such all-stars as Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo and Ronaldo .

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It seems unlikely - but then so was the idea of Luis Figo swapping the Catalan giants for their bitter rivals.

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Beckham moved on to Real in 2003, where he played alongside the likes of Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, Raul and Roberto Carlos.

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Inter are likely to lose Luis Figo to retirement at the end of the season and another creative player is on their wishlist.

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But there was controversy when the arrival of Luis Figo, ambassador for the Portugal-Spain campaign, interrupted the USA's video presentation of their bid.

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Back then, he hoped to solve what he considered financial mismanagement at the club, and he also promised to bring Luis Figo from rivals Barcelona.

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In what became known as the "Galacticos era", Perez signed a number of multi-million dollar superstars that included Luis Figo, David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane.

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Queiroz made his name as the guiding hand behind Portugal's so-called "golden generation" of youngsters including Rui Costa, Joao Pinto and the man he will rejoin at Real, Luis Figo.

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The 62-year-old sealed transfers for Zidane, Ronaldo, Luis Figo, David Beckham and Michael Owen among others, to a side that won the Primera Liga twice and European Champions League under his leadership.

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President Florentino Perez smashed previous highest marks to bring Luis Figo and Zinedine Zidane to the Bernabeu in his first stint in charge, then made AC Milan's Brazilian superstar Kaka his first 'Galactico' capture of his second reign at the start of this month.

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