The former FIFA World Player of the Year officially retired from football at the end of last season after four seasons with Inter Milan.

A reported salary of 3.5m euros per season was on offer for the 36-year-old winger, who has also played in Spain for both Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Speaking to reporters in Portugal Figo said “I’ve heard about the interest but the person who it came from isn’t even the president of the club yet.”

“My assistant knows about the interest from Mallorca, but at this moment my priority is to rest and I’m not thinking about getting back on the pitch.”

“If I wanted to continue playing football I’d have continued playing for Inter Milan.

“My future involves a different professional activity. I can’t say more at the moment, but after hanging up my boots it’s logical that I’m not going to stand still.”

The British businessman will likely go straight to court on his arrival, reports the Diario de Mallorca citing anonymous sources, and present his bid to the administrator. It is thought that his offer will not exceed one million euros, a sum that is considered derisory by current majority shareholder Vicenç Grande.

But Shepherd knows that if the offer is rejected by Grande the club will likely go bust, with administrators then legally obliged to secure liquidity, thus playing directly into the businessman´s hands. If this were to happen the legal proceeding would take up to three months and would mean the activities of the club would be placed in limbo. This is time the club can ill afford in its current state of ill health.

Shepherd believes a majority shareholder stake is not even worth a million euros as the club has amassed some 50 million euros of debts. Grande is expected to do everything he can to maintain control of the club and prevent Shepherd from winning ownership.

Deportivo rejected an 8m euro bid from Valencia in the summer but since then have seen their financial situation worsen and had no choice but to accept the significantly lower offer from Mallorca.

Aouate, 31, has been on the bench at Deportivo all season, with coach Miguel Angel Lotina preferring Daniel Aranzubia.

The Israeli international should make his debut on 3 January against league leaders Barcelona with Mallorca’s first choice keeper Miguel Moya out through injury until February and his replacement German Lux having a poor season, conceding seventeen goals in seven Primera Liga appearances.

Advisor takes over from Vicente Grande and must find a new owner by 30 January

The new president of Mallorca Joaquin Garcia, has a little over a month to find a new CEO or owner of the troubled club following the resignation of Vicente Grande. He began his short tenure with a statement outlining his ambition to draw a line under the institutional instability that has paralyzed Real Mallorca. “Today we are facing the final solution to the problems facing the club.”

On 30 January there will be a general shareholders meeting to formalize the appointment of whoever takes over the reins from Vicente Grande. There is no ´Plan B´, it has been revealed. If Garcia can not find anyone to take over the ailing club the matter will move to court. The urgency of the matter was underlined by the fact that bankruptcy administrators have been provisionally called in to deal with the eventuality of a rescuer not being found.

Picture: Iberostar Stadium

The preview was interesting and the result of the game was the following:

Mallorca 2 – Recreativo de Huelva 3

Picture: Iberostar Stadium

Mallorca lost! The result: Almería 2-1 Mallorca