Asked about the rumours about a swap deal including Lyon forward and French international Karim Benzema (20) and Barcelona forward and Cameroonian international Samuel Eto'o (27), the agents of both players have denied to Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo that they know anything about that kind of operation (read more here).
Josep Maria Mesalles, the agent of Eto'o, said that at this point there is nothing concrete: "No official of Barcelona has talked us about this and Olympique Lyon didn't contact me regarding the issue. All reports are just speculation."
Karim Djaziri, the agent of Benzema, rejected the possibily that the Frenchman would join Barcelona this summer and says the player still has to make progress: "Benzema won't leave Lyon this summer, that's a sure fact. Next year he could go, but this season he stays with Lyon."
Catalan sports paper Sport nevertheless insists and claims that the price for Benzema would be Eto'o plus 10 million euro°. The salary of Eto'o would be the main obstacle for the deal.
Read more:
Barcelona proposes Eto'o-Benzema swap
Benzema will not come this summer
Case closed: Ben Arfa
Sunday 27 July 2008
Agents deny Benzema-Eto'o swap
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10 million euro =
16 million us dollar
8 million british pound
Benzema to join Barca this coming season is very unlikely...
Hey Pep,
Have you got any updates to the transfer rumors before about David Silva or Thiago Neves?
don't expect this will happen but it would be nice. they could try etoo and abidal plus 10 mil then use the 30 odd mil they were going to spend on ade, drogba or berbatov to buy good left back and left WF. clichy or emanualson (not sure on spelling?) and silva/neves/arsharvin. i'd be happy!
No update on Neves. He's now preparing to play the Olympics Games with Brazil, so you can watch him there.
The harsh reality is that Barcelona could have offered Aulas the moon and he still wouldn't have consented to allow Benzema to leave. Next year may be a different story depending of course how Lyon fares in Champions League play.
What is certain is that it's only going to be a matter of time before Lyon can no longer fill Benzema's shoes. I expect the bidding war to be "fierce" next season, and I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Aulas indeed get's his 50mil "wish" in the end.
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