It turns out that 25 years isn’t enough for Barcelona to forgive Luis Figo’s ultimate betrayal.The legendary winger, who left Barca for arch rivals Real Madrid in 2000, was back at his old club, and even worse, he was allowed into the director’s box.Figo was back at Barcelona, where he had a pig’s head thrown at him in 2000 With such outrage over the decision to allow him back for the headline clash against Paris Saint Germain, club president Joan Laporta was forced to address the issue in a pre-match press conference.“He’s a member of UEFA and that’s absolutely respectable,” Laporta said. “He was a Barca player; we remember the afternoons and nights of glory he gave us. “He made a decision, but life has moved on, and he’s a member of UEFA, so he’ll be received with all due respect.”Why Barcelona fans hate Luis FigoFigo broke the world record transfer fee in July 2000 at €62million and also broke the hearts of Barcelona fans, with whom he won the Ballon d’Or and became arguably the best player in the world.His return to Camp Nou coincided with floods of ‘traitor’ and ‘Judas’ banners and the shock image of a pig’s head thrown at him during a corner.In charge at that time was Joan Gaspart, who had no choice to let Figo leave as Madrid had triggered his contractual release clause to keep their Galactico era under Florentino Perez going.Yet Gaspart was also in the same directors box as Figo, and unsurprisingly had to comment pre-match.“I’m not the one to ban anyone from entering the stadium; he’s a UEFA ambassador,” he said. “I can assure you that I won’t greet him. I won’t make any effort, nor do I have any need to; the box is big enough to lead separate lives.”Laporta defended Figo before taking centre stage with the presidents of UEFA and PSGGettyBut not everyone had gotten over the bad bloodGettyHe added: “I’ve met Figo on occasion in Switzerland. I’m not one to forgive anything; as a Barca fan, I don’t forget and never will. He’s not a pleasant person.“UEFA is the one in charge. Barca is above these things; that’s been going on for many years, but personally, I have no interest in seeing him, greeting him, or having any conversation with him. I will completely ignore him.”Gaspart had previously given his feelings on Figo in scathing fashion, saying: “In the world of football, I only have one enemy, and his name is Luis Figo.”Figo unsurprisingly chose one of the best games in Europe, Barcelona against PSG, with some of the best young talent in world football, and some of the best Portuguese players in Nuno Mendes, Vitinha and Joao Neves.The game was also at the former Olympic stadium in Montjuic, perhaps taking some of the heat out of his return while the club await their Camp Nou return.However, Figo isn’t one to shy away from the anger, as shown by his last Barcelona appearance last season for the Women’s Champions League final.Figo regularly works at UEFA events, but has avoided Barcelona men’s games, until nowAFPBarca lost 1-0 to Arsenal in Lisbon, and reports claimed that the Portuguese grabbed his crotch in response to fans whistling him.