Portugal legend Luis Figo seems to have been scrapped as a club legend by Barcelona, as they asked to have him excluded from a Juventus and Barca legends team.
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According to UEFA, Figo is seen as legend at the Catalan club and was invited to play in a veterans game featuring an All-Stars Team taking on a team made up of Barcelona and Juventus legends.
The former Portugal captain was seen as a hero at Barcelona, as he helped the club lift the UEFA Cup Winners Cup and two successive La Liga titles, but things changed in 2000 when he opted to move to fierce rivals Real Madrid.
When Figo returned to the Camp Nou in a Real Madrid shirt, he was met with banners with the words "Mercenary", "Scum" and "Judas" - and even a pig's head was thrown on the pitch.
Barcelona were well aware of UEFA's invite to Figo, and they contacted the organisation to ask for the Portuguese midfielder to be left out of the game - a request UEFA accepted.
As UEFA informs us, by request of our Club, Luis Figo will not represent Barça in the Legends match in Berlin #FCBlive
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) June 3, 2015
It's not clear if Figo is ultimately not regarded as a legend at the club, but after this incident it suggests that the two haven't quite gotten over the past.
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