Eurosport - Tue, 15 Sep 16:58:00 2009
Internazionale boss Jose Mourinho has thanked Barcelona for handing them Samuel Eto'o in the summer ahead of their Champions League group-stage clash.
Barca paid £35 million and Eto'o for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mourinho echoed what many have said about the Italians getting the better deal.
"We didn't buy Samuel," said Mourinho. "It was Barcelona who offered him to us and at that stage we were more than happy to accept. I'd wanted him since I was at Chelsea but they rejected my offer back then.
"When I left for holiday this summer I was convinced that Ibrahimovic would stay in Milan so we didn't need another great striker. But then things changed."
Cameroon striker Eto'o cannot wait to face his former team-mates, but would rather it happened in the final.
"I am dreaming about a Champions League final between Barcelona and Inter," he said.
"Barca are the best team in the world and only a few teams can beat them. We are one of them and have a chance to win this game."
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I remember Mourinho has said that Drogba was better than Eto'o (can be at par or better for Weah to the best African player in the history of football. Watch your language Mourinho. Muto You are hateful. Already with Micah Richards the wonders and then you said that Manchester City have not said you said it was not worth that much. tb was like saying that a player who scores goals your team will not do. Maybe even provides or your defense is not worth anything . TIP: look for the meaning of the word integrity.
These are two different players with alot of ability and incredible skills of scoring.
You can prefer one to another but the most important question is can BARCELONA win titles without Eto'o? or can Inter Win titles with Ibrahimovic? It's too early to decide but we will see before the end of this season.
The only disappointment is that Joan Laporta has negotiated badly. He should bow his head in shame.!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a Big Fan of Barca, But the greatest mistake Barca have ever made is to have Guadiola as a coach. 1st, he won the treble with the team and players he met and did not use his players. 2nd, he paid 35M Pounds and Samuel Eto´o for Ibra. thats why i think that the couch has made a mistake, Eto is a good scorer and a player who doesnt miss chance when he is in a dangerous position. Eto`o Absence has made real madrid to be happy and even other rivals both spain and abroad. its very unfortunate to offload a player who so love his club like barca, who for many occasions have been facing racial abuse. anyway i dont want to be biased about players but i want watch both players this season and see who is the best. Barca The Greatest.
in my opinion both strikers are good but ibra skills are incredible, eto's goal ability good but sometime miss so many scoring chances and ibra too miss so many scoring chances too. but tell me who will not score so many goals if he is playing in a team like barca, i call them the inventors of goals. so let wait and see hw many goals ibra we score this season in barca and how many eto we score in inter b4 u start to say eto is better or ibra is better. ibra is already 2/2 this season. up barca
eto'o is by far better than ibra.
Jose 4 life
it doesn't really matter either way, Inter are no longer stronger than Juve
Jose has every reason to be happy with Eto'o as he is a better striker than Ibra.
He'll help Inter achieve great things this season and i'm sure we will hear many times "ALL THE WAY WITH JOSE!!"
Thank you all barca. eto's the best
eto'o is not great like drogba.. hahahaha
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