There was Kuruvchi. And Madrid. But since Barcelona made clear that the player isn't part of next season's plans, Barcelona forward and Cameroonian international Samuel Eto'o (27) has been linked to a dozen clubs. An overview.
Inter Milan
Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claimed that Inter Milan is discretely working on the transfer of Eto'o and would already have held talks with Eto'o.
The Cameroonian striker is one of the favourite players of Inter manager José Mourinho and Eto'o would be positive about the option.
Madrid sports tabloid Marca claims that Inter is seriously interested but didn't yet make a formal offer to Barcelona. Catalan sports weekly paper Gol claims that Inter and Eto'o have already closed a deal but Eto'o would only join the Italian champions if Barcelona will let him go for not more than 20 million euro°.
Catalan sports paper Sport nevertheless claims that Inter manager Mourinho has made clear to Inter president Moratti that he doesn't want to sign any player from Barcelona.
Valencia
Valencia regional sports paper Super Deporte claimed that Eto'o would be the media bomb (then) new Valencia chief executive Juan Villalonga was preparing. Barcelona would have been asking 15 million euro° for the player because they didn't want him to start the pre-season.
Catalan sports paper Sport claimed that Valencia sports director Azkargorta was working on an attacking pair Villa-Eto'o. Valencia would have been ready to pay 25 million euro°. Valencia regional newspaper Las Provincias claimed that Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain was trying to include Eto'o in a swap deal with Valencia players Silva or Villa.
The rumour grew when Barcelona sports director Txiki Begiristain said at a press conference that Barcelona doesn't exclude considering offers for Eto'o coming from other Primera División teams.
Valencia put out an official statement denying the rumours: "In view of the information that appeared in certain media about the supposed interest of Valencia CF in signing in FC Barcelona player Samuel Eto'o, the Club wants to express that there were and there will be no contacts with the player to sign him."
Catalan sports paper Sport claims that the option was strongly linked to the arrival of former Spanish national team coach Luis Aragonés as new Valencia manager. Sports weekly paper Gol and Madrid sports tabloid Marca claim that Valenca has sounded out the player but stopped every further attempt when they heard how much Eto'o was asking.
Tottenham
Catalan sports paper Sport and British tabloid The Daily Mirror claim that Eto'o is the absolute priority of Tottenham manager Juande Ramos in case striker Dimitar Berbatov would leave the English Premier League club this summer.
British tabloid The Sun claims that Tottenham appears the most likely English destination for Eto'o since the club is resigned to losing both Berbatov and Keane before the start of the season. Catalan sports weekly paper Gol claims that Tottenham isn't really an option for Eto'o since it would mean a step back for himequipe.
Lyon
In an interview with French sports paper L'Equipe, Olympique Lyon president said today that the transfer of Eto'o could be a possibility: "Samuel was close to joining us four years ago when he was playing for Mallorca. If he wants to come tomorrow, manager Claude Puel will be delighted and we have the financial means for the operation.
Another thing is if it's a good idea to bring in a player who earns a lot more than the other players? You have to find a balance, on and off the pitch. But if the manager says we need Eto'o to win the Champions League, we will try everything to sign him even when he's not really within our reach."
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15 million euro =
23 million us dollar
12 million british pound
20 million euro =
31 million us dollar
16 million british pound
25 million euro =
39 million us dollar
20 million british pound
pep, can you please explain this?
"Catalan sports paper Sport nevertheless claims that Inter manager Mourinho has made clear to Inter president Moratti that he doesn't want to sign any player from Barcelona."
What's Mou's reason for this? Is he pissed that Barça didn't want him as coach or what? So now he hates every Barça player?
What a jerk.
Tottenham for sure is out of the picture when it comes to sign Sammy. They already tried one month ago and came short. :P
if lyon realy wants him then they should hand over benzema...eto+5millio= benzema
Eto'o + 5 million for Benzema isnt even close. Benzema are valued to at least 40 million by Aulas and since Eto'o isn't wanted by Barcelona and with the wage he is demanding he could be sold for about 25 million.
WITH ALL THOSE OPTIONS I WUD CONSIDER ANOTHER ONE >>>
STAY AT BARCA!!!!
IM SURE ALL BARCA FANS CAN AGREE THAT WE WANT ETO'O TO STAY
The above poster is clearly a real madrid fan, how can he make such blasphemous against pep, saying he never was a good player and Eto'o has done more for the club, the guy has no idea.
#2
There's not much explaining to it, the paper says it likes that. No Deco, no Eto'o, no other Barcelona player for Mourinho.
To the Anonymous who said I'm RM fan:
Look, I'm not Catalan, but I'm Barca fan as long as I breathe. I just wrote my opinion on Guardiola 'cause I desperately want Eto'o stay (just like Barca-till-i-die). I'm angry on these stupid ways to get rid of Eto'o. If someone have to go it's Henry, Guddy and Milito.
It's starting to become apparent that even if Barcelona sold Eto'o this summer they wouldn't receive that much more for him than if they held onto him for one more season. In that case they might as well keep him. How much of a difference is it going to be from receiving ~15mil for him next season versus ~20mil this season?
With all other options seemingly exhausted, there is no need "reach" on a player and throw money out the window. Keeping Eto'o may be the safest bet because everyone knows what he's capable of doing in La Liga.
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