Madrid sports tabloid Marca claims that Barcelona forward and Cameroon international Samuel Eto'o (28) is close to joining Manchester City this summer.
Eto'o could already heve reached a personal agreement with the English Premier League club in January but the deal wasn't made public not to influence Barcelona's season. Manchester City would be ready to make an offer of 34 million euro° for Eto'o.
Barcelona would want to replace Eto'o by signing Atlético Madrid forward and Uruguay international Diego Forlán (29).
Because Atlético Madrid doesn't want to let the player go, Barcelona would have to pay the buyout clause of 36 million euro (read more here). With the value added tax included, the transfer fee for the Uruguayan would in the end be close to 40 million euro°.
Asked about the rumours linking Forlán with a move to Barcelona, Atlético Madrid president Enrique Cerezo told Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo that his club is not planning to let him leave: "Laporta perfectly knows our stand: we won't sell. We're not worried at all. We won't let Forlán go for anyone or anything. We're not selling and we're not thinking about it. Clear as that."
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Friday, 29 May 2009
Eto'o close to joining Manchester City
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35 million euro =
48 million us dollar
30 million british pound
40 million euro =
56 million us dollar
35 million british pound
well its a good idea to let eto'o go because he has contributed to the success of the club and thats enough... but replacing him with forlan is not a good idea as i think he has a little to offer to the club, maybe replace him with someone younger and who will be at the club for atleast the coming 5years
You got to be kiddin...Selling Etoo is fine but buying Forlan at 40 Million Euro is crazy !!!
Someone please tell me this is a joke.
Was thinking if Forlan was 40 Million, why not add another 10 Million and we get Ribery or Benzema?
Barca needs to buy big and smart to celebrate the Treble !!!
Yeah, very good and smart move, sell Eto'o for 34M and buy Forlan for 40M. Marca? OMG
The best choice is Benzema, young and powerful.
You got to be kiddin...Selling Etoo is fine but buying Forlan at 40 Million Euro is crazy !!!
Someone please tell me this is a joke.
Was thinking if Forlan was 40 Million, why not add another 10 Million and we get Ribery or Benzema?
Barca needs to buy big and smart to celebrate the Treble !!
If Eto'o wants to go then it is better to let him go because he have won all titles with the club. but Forlan is not a good buy. Benzema or Edin Džeko would be a good choice.
I suggest that Marca focuses on their own team, Real Madrid. They will have anough transfer to comment on this summer...
Eto'o gave us enough happiness, we will all remember his moments.
Forlan? hell no, please nooo...
Get someone younger, Forlan can't stay for 3 years or more.
Someone wouldn't like my idea, but better to sell Henry, Hleb and Gudjohnsen to gain some extra money and then push for Benzema. Lyon will settle for a fee of 45M, I'm sure. Please, don't buy Forlan, Ibra or Llorente. They're good, but Barca need younger players.
Of course, I'd like Eto'o stay.
i agree with house ,with henry guddy and hleb out we can bring the french duo ribery benzema, and silva and we are finished with trasnfers infront and midfield.then buy a left back and a gk and over.
my priorities would be like that :
1st benzema
2nd ribery
3rd silva
4th lahm
5th asenjo
6th promote gai
7th promote marc muniesa
on the players out :
1st henry glad he helped so much this year but he isnt getting any younger and face it who would choose henry instead of ribery for lw....
2nd guddy he needs to leave this year...
3rd sylvinho i dont want us to be like milan ,we should give time to younger players
4th one of marquez/milito we simply have too many ,this year milito was out so every player had a share but it probably wont be the same next year(and also yaya showed he can cover)
5th jorquera do i need to state the obvius?
6th pinto we only need valdes ,asenjo and the kid for keepers no need to keep a 34year old keeper at bench
7th hleb i bet he will like to leave too,yes he was a part of the barca that took the tremble but he almost had nothing to do with it,i bet he will be in the deal with ribery
now if eto wants to go we should let him,we have enough cover
Why sell at all? Only if etoo or henry want to leave. Bojan and Gai to back up next season we maybe need 1 more striker just to complete our forward line
Just btw british press are reporting that real madrid are set to beat chelsea to ribery and have agreed a fee with bayern.
Don't trust what you read.... italian press,british press along with Marca and AS are talking garbage all the time...Only Sport and El mundo tell the truth and no im not a catalunian:P
samuel is better. if he leaves we should replace him with a young player. Benzema has shown little improvement over the past year but still is a good candidate.. We need a striker who seeks space in dept. like eto'o henry villa (but he's to old..)pato, .. xavi and iniesta need players to pass the ball too. even ronaldo would do!
1. Benzema (21)
2. Edin Dzeko(Wolfsburg)(23)
2. Ibrahimovic (27)
3. Villa (27)
4. Forlan (30)
by the way check this..nice article
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2454105/Astonishing-rise-of-Barcelona-coach-Pep-Guardiola.html
Why is everyone so keen to sell Eto'o?? I don't get it. There is none better than him. Why not keep a winning team?? He has contributed so much the last few years and now after this brilliant season we reward him by getting rid of him?? Need I remind everyone that we are NOT a selling club. It's not like we need the money. I am dissapointed with the comments on here. Eto'o, Yaya, Valdes and Henry should be rewarded with contract extensions. Eto'o and Henry have proved they are team players. I heard a commentator say during the Champions League call that between Eto'o, Henry and Messi they have commited the most fouls in Liga of all attacking players. Why?? Because they are team players and fight to help our team retain and win back the ball. Eto'o is not like Ronnie and Deco with attitude problem. He has proven that this season. Let's get behind and support him not show him the exit door!
I think Dzeko is the best option.
Aussie: we kept the winning team in 2006, and it was probably a mistake. Too many players who weren't hungry and was awarded for the CL final, not on objective facts.
The only player I would switch for Eto'o is Villa. If we can't get him it's best to keep Eto'o.
We kept the winning team in 06 yes, but why sell winning players? Do you think etoo is gonna do a ronaldinho and get de-motivated? I think we need to make a few changes but be careful. Henry scored 25 goals this season. Anybody think ribery can score 25 goals in a season? Ribery had 14 goals this season 11 last and 5 the season before
its not only about scoring goals,i think ribery would be a better threat and more players would go to mark him ,and make us a faster team also ,henry kinda slow us down some times(the ball passing).also ribery creates alot of space with his speed.
People dont realize how much tracking back to help out the defence henry etoo and messi do. Barca's strikers have committed more fouls than any of their defenders save dani alves. From what i've heard ribery is like ronaldinho. Doesnt help track back. I'm not saying he wont be a success, I'm just saying be careful what you wish for. Take apart a record breaking attack and you may not be able to put it together again. Etoo has scored in 2 champions league finals. Just the 2nd person to do so (raul did it first). Henry is class.
Again a stupid rumour by that rag Marca. The only value that paper has is to wipe my ass when I run out of toilet paper. No way are we selling Eto'o. We should extend his contract. We have a first class team. We need to focus on a left winger (maybe Gai can fill that role) a left back, and a solid backup goal keeper who can be the heir to valdes. the players that will leave are Sylvinho, Gudjhonsen, Hleb, and possibly Abidal.
Look, anyone who rationally thinks that Eto'o would leave the best club in the world for a mid-table side in the Prem is hitting the pipe. But it's Marca. What do you expect?
Making the story even more absurd is the 40+million for Forlan.
I'm not in the Eto'o fan club. But his value to this particular side is immense, in that he works, he runs, he cuts, he gets in the way, he creates space and opportunities by running around being a pain in the ass. Villa doesn't do that, Forlan doesn't do that, Benzema doesn't do that, never mind tracking back to battle for possession of the ball as Eto'o does.
We might sell him, and I think the side would then need to figure out precisely who to buy to replicate that work rate. The goals are easy to replace. The work rate isn't
Eto'o is not goig anywhere... he has not renewed his contract yet so he'd be stupid not to have another areement in place in case Barcelona did not want to renew... but they will want to.
that would be absolutely moronic. lets give away 6 milltion euros for a foward who doesnt yet know our system and is one year older.
I understand evryone wanting him to stay.
But maybe he has other plans? Maybe he wants to play in another country?
All I'm saying is if Eto'o wants to go, we will be very happy because he gave us so much happiness.
why does every1 want to sell etoo. there is no 1 like him he can still provide 2 or 3 gud yrs. n newaz etoo plays wit all his heart n soul, very few players have tht quality. villa wud be gud i think he is goin real n newaz we wud easily have to pay 60 m or up for villa as valencia wont let him go cheap n he doesnt wana leave. n ribery is goin to real. henry shud go as it was cl tht he hadnt won n now he has it. n for teh left i think hleb shud be given some time lets c in teh pre season, maybe he can shine too who knows.n newaz we have pedro gai n jefferen who all can play on teh wings by bringing ribery or any young player for tht position we gona limit there oportunities. n house MD llorente is only 24 he is nt old.
Marca...Move on, nothing to see
when mancity pays for nigel de jong 20mios then etoo is 70 millions worth !!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/may/27/samuel-etoo-barcelona-andres-iniesta-lionel-messi
4 million VAT ? How does that work ?
i think barca should buy another striker because isnt etoo going to play for cameroon next season
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