Premier League - City end Eto'o pursuit

Eurosport - Sat, 11 Jul 10:00:00 2009

Manchester City have announced that they will not be signing Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o.

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"Samuel Eto'o is undoubtedly a fine footballer but the circumstances surrounding him were such that the deal could not be completed," City chief executive Garry Cook told the club website.

"We now feel the time is right to pursue other avenues and we have a clear and strategic transfer plan, which we continue to follow."

City manager Mark Hughes confirmed last week that a £22 million bid had been made for the Barcelona striker and had warned the forward that he would not wait all summer for a decision.

Any possible deal had been delayed while the Cameroon international considered his future after also being offered a new two-year contract by the Spanish and European champions.

Eto'o finished last season as Barca's top scorer with 30 league goals in coach Pep Guardiola's first year in charge.

Reuters

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  1. I think BACELONA wear unicef on thier shirt because the­ team played unicef ball
    great bacelona great­ oooooooooooooooooo

    From oladotun, on Tue 14 Jul 10:32AM

  2. To Varnavas and Stil:

    As far as I know:
    - Barca is­ wearing Unicef on their shirt to promote UNICEF's­ goals
    - Barca is paying UNICEF and NOT the other way­ around.

    Please check your assumptions.

    From szurke_barat, on Mon 13 Jul 9:54AM

  3. i hope eto die.

    From varnavas_p, on Sun 12 Jul 10:50AM

  4. i hope eto die.

    From varnavas_p, on Sun 12 Jul 10:47AM

  5. so man u might get him hopely augero a keeper and a­ right back or he can play right and left back

    From Adam, on Sun 12 Jul 10:15AM

  6. i have been supporting barca for 20 years
    i haven't­ seen dirty player like eto, he is the most greedy­ player in the whole world
    but also guardiola and­ barca's presedent are very racist
    i love barca but­ eto guardiola and laporta will make my team dirty

    From varnavas_p, on Sun 12 Jul 9:42AM

  7. i have been supporting barca for 20 years
    i haven't­ seen dirty player like eto, he is the most greedy­ player in the whole world
    but also guardiola and­ barca's presedent are very racist
    i love barca but­ eto guardiola and laporta will make my team dirty

    From varnavas_p, on Sun 12 Jul 9:35AM

  8. GLORY GLORY MAN­ UNITED.................................city 36 years­ and counting........loving it, always in the shadows of­ the fantastic UNITED........

    From yorkie, on Sun 12 Jul 12:53AM

  9. I DONNOT KNOW WHO BARCA WANT TO REPLACE ETO WITH ,SAME­ THE COACH AND OFFICIAL DID LAST SEASON AND ETO STILL­ REMAINS UNBETEAN ON THERE GOAL SCORING LAST SEASON ,I­ HOPE SELLING HIM WILL NOT BE OUT OF SENTIMENT
    THINK­ WELL,HE IS EXCELLENT WHY THE POLITICS OF SELLING A­ VETERANT GOAL SCORER

    From Mohammed, on Sat 11 Jul 9:03PM

  10. Eto'o is always gud but Barca coach and thier­ president are biased due racial discrimination.They­ gave two years contract but no increment on monetary­ aspect , very shameful for Barca exectives.Your villa­ is good but cannot match Eto'O, The best defence so­ far(Man U).,He (Eto'O) was able to­ demolarised.SHAME ON BARCA and its OFFICIALS

    From melkan, on Sat 11 Jul 8:31PM

  11. barca shame on u!!!

    From u2, on Sat 11 Jul 2:39PM

  12. Varnavas P, you should understand that the UNICEF came­ in as sponsor against racism not really because of the­ club, but because of the attitude of the individual­ players like Samuel Eto. I guess it will be more­ suitable to say here that the club officials are­ biased!!

    From Stil, on Sat 11 Jul 2:38PM

  13. to all here who say barca is a racist club then u are­ completely wrong!! barca is the most not racist club on­ earth! remember mes que un club? unicef as a sponsor?­ if barca was a racist club they wouldn't do these­ things

    From Varnavas P, on Sat 11 Jul 2:04PM

  14. Eto has given Barca all the glory and trophies any­ other team will so much like to have, and put them in­ position most teams would desire to be. So why­ can't Barca just go ahead and give Eto the money he­ needs in appreciation for all that he has done for the­ club? Barca is proving to be the greedy one here, and i­ don't think a Spanish player could be despised same­ way as Eto by the club. He feels cheated and thats a­ fact!!!!!!!
    As for the City bosses, they are just too­ afraid to spend money. Eto is worth even more than that­ in todays soccer market.

    From Stil, on Sat 11 Jul 1:56PM

  15. to steve b if you look at the payslip of uniteds lowest­ paid player you will find that he is paid more in a­ week than you get in five years no one plays for free

    From songbird2, on Sat 11 Jul 1:39PM

  16. still much prefer him to Berbaslob

    From the silent assassin, on Sat 11 Jul 12:50PM

  17. think Tevez is having 2nd thoughts about City, he knows­ he will spend time on the bench and thats not his­ reason for moving there. Wonder if he's changed his­ mind and wants to stay with Man Utd and now that SAF­ has made some signings he won't get a place with us­ either, time for him to fire his­ agent......................

    From the silent assassin, on Sat 11 Jul 12:50PM

  18. there's lowering the tone and then there's­ "lowering the tone" and some on here­ don't know where the lowest point is

    From the silent assassin, on Sat 11 Jul 12:47PM

  19. Not had any reason to do so. There's always some­ insignificant little scrunt lowering the tone ain't­ there?

    From Funky Buck Spubble, on Sat 11 Jul 12:30PM

  20. none of us have given anyone any grief for a while

    From the silent assassin, on Sat 11 Jul 12:24PM
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