Luis Figo has completed his move from Real Madrid to Internazionale.The Portuguese international, 32, has signed a two-year deal at the San Siro after successfully completing a medical.
The news ends any lingering hope Liverpool had of luring Figo to Anfield.
Figo had been chased by Reds boss Rafael Benitez since Real Madrid made it clear they were prepared to release the winger, who they signed from Barcelona five years ago for a then world-record fee of £37million.
The transfer fee is thought to be £2million, a price at which Liverpool reportedly baulked.
The 32-year-old, who has moved on a free transfer, has agreed a two-year contract with the Serie A club, bringing to an end a ten-year stay in Spain. He spent five seasons at FC Barcelona, where he won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1996/97 and two consecutive Primera División titles, before controversially switching to Madrid in a €65m transfer for the 2000/01 campaign.
At the Santiago Bernabéu, Figo won the Spanish title on two more occasions and also the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League. He will link up with former team-mates Santiago Solari and Walter Samuel at his new club, as well as Esteban Cambiasso, who moved in 2004. Inter begin their Champions League campaign next week with the first leg of their third qualifying round match against FC Shakhtar Donetsk, after last season's third-place finish.
Figo, who will wear the number seven shirt and could make his debut in the Italian Super Cup on August 27, against Juventus.
He becomes Inter's third signing of the summer from Real, after Argentinian duo Santiago Solari and Walter Samuel also moved to Milan from the Bernabeu.
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