Netflix has just announced 'The Figo Affair' (El Caso Figo), a feature-length documentary which will focus on Luis Figo’s controversial transfer from Barcelona to Real Madrid in 2000.

As reported by Deadline, the documentary will provide |a heist film treatment to the "most contentious transfer saga in football history," with the the Spanish-language film delving deeper into how Figo’s transfer from Spanish giants FC Barcelona to rivals Real Madrid became a reality.

Directed by award-winning duo David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas, who also directed Netflix documentary biopic Pelé, the story looks at all the shifty backroom deals, sporting rivalries and deep cultural divides between the two sides.

“After the success of Pelé, Ben and I were delighted to partner with Netflix again on El Caso Figo,” Tryhorn said. “It’s increasingly hard to find sports documentaries that are saying something new, that aren’t simply biographies or histories of sporting successes, so we believe El Caso Figo is unique. Focussing on the transfer rather than Figo’s career, the film informs us about truth, greed, morality, and the inner workings of the world’s most popular sport.”

Watch the trailer for the upcoming documentary below before it arrives on Netflix on August 25.

Luís Figo, Florentino Pérez, José Veiga, Joan Gaspart, Paulo Futre… 22 años después, los protagonistas hablan por primera vez del traspaso más polémico de la historia del fútbol. El documental #ElCasoFigoElFichajeDelSiglo llega el 25 de agosto. pic.twitter.com/ibxR5yJflW

— Netflix España (@NetflixES) August 18, 2022