The Figo case and the madness of the Targaryens

They say in

that "madness and greatness are but two sides of the same coin and every time a Targaryen was born, the gods tossed the coin in the air and the whole world held its breath to see which way it fell."

Sentence that defines the heirs of the House of the Dragon the same as the presidents of Spanish clubs, an anomaly in world football due to its excessive protagonism, as Roberto Carlos points out in

.

Proof of this is that the Netflix documentary could well be called

in honor of the true demiurge of a controversy as noisy as it is prosaic.

Although both his trailer and his beginning hint at revelations that will change our perception of a disruptive signing, the conclusion is predictable: everything was limited to money, what Figo calls "honey" and others, like Casemiro, "new challenges".

The Figo case

wastes its one hundred and five minutes in overanalyzing what Jorgelina Cardoso, Di María's wife, summed up in a sentence with which she justified his changing Madrid for Manchester: "You work in a company and they come to you from the competition paying you double ... You do not go?".

It would be interesting to pose that question to the horde that came to insult the Portuguese on his return to the Camp Nou, to know what the guy who threw a pig's head onto the grass would answer, which is already the history of football infamy.

Nor do I glimpse in this part of the mountains the dazzling negotiating skills that are attributed to Florentino.

Based on what was narrated, his magic was limited to having financial means that seemed infinite - I have a feeling that tracking the money that finances these multimillion-dollar transfers would lead to a much more attractive documentary - and allowed him to quadruple the player's salary and entertain to your agent with the highest commission ever signed.

The "noble and warlike champion, knight of honour" kicked off wild commissionism, one of the great scourges of modern football, and broke the market by paying disproportionate figures.

A model that today the state clubs have turned against Florentino, is what happens when being a skillful negotiator is limited to having the biggest dragon.

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