La Liga - Eto'o 'inclined to stay at Barca'

Eurosport - Tue, 30 Jun 08:59:00 2009

Samuel Eto'o's agent has hinted the striker is leaning towards staying with Barcelona, rather than joining Manchester City.

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City are thought to have lodged a £25 million bid for the Cameroon international with Barca president Joan Laporta claiming a "stratospheric offer" had been made.

Reports have suggested the 28-year-old stands to become the highest-paid player in the world if he moves to Eastlands, with a figure of £250,000-a-week wages quoted by some newspapers.

Catalan sporting dailies Sport and Mundo Deportivo said Eto'o, whose contract with Barca ends in 2010, is demanding a "transfer bonus" of 15 million euros, something the Spanish club will not accept.

But Eto'o's representative has said, as things stand, his client will not move elsewhere this summer and instead remain at the Camp Nou.

Josep Maria Mesalles told ONA FM: "If there is not a 180-degree turnaround then he will stay with Barcelona."

Barca are believed to want to cash in on Eto'o before his current deal expires at the end of next season, when he would be able to leave on a Bosman free transfer.

Eto'o is thought to be upset by this stance, feeling he is being forced out of the club, and he could decide to stay in a bid to derail the club's plans.

Some reports are claiming that the former Real Madrid and Mallorca striker is demanding a £15m signing-on bonus to join City.

The three-times African Player of the Year was instrumental in Barca's unprecedented Liga, Copa Del Rey and Champions League treble last season, finding the back of the net 36 times.

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  1. Now i recognise what people say about spain,
    before­ whenever people tell me spain is a racist nation, i­ used to laugh and apose that but now i can be witness­ for it
    for the last 4 month i have been posting my­ comments with different names and personality
    i used­ more than one name and email to know the fact
    i pretend­ as if i'm spanish to now more, infact i said my mum­ is catalan and my dad madridista and almost all tought­ it is true
    i did this to know if spanish were­ racist
    coz i don't want to judge them with some­ things they did
    like the banana throwing to all black­ players in la liga or the monkey sounds to england­ national team or the racist stetment to henry from the­ national team couch aragunes
    to all here saying catalan­ are not spanish, that is not my business, what i know­ is that the catalan are more racist than any other­ human on earth, the way they shout to luis hamilton in­ formula race in barcelona say the whole story.
    about­ the UNICEF, yes barca are helping like any other team­ but that is, kind of pristege
    one thing if the spanish­ hate each other, who is the stupid who think they love­ others.
    the spanish make the life misreable to south­ americans.

    what is the big deal to pay eto as the same­ as the catalans, such as valdez puyol and xavi
    eto is­ not as fool as you make him, he asked to similar
    read­ the article he want to stay, he does want money,
    if­ want money, he could get double amount in man city but­ he refuse.
    its all about greedy and racism.
    i have­ judged after deep thinking.

    From James, on Tue 30 Jun 7:10AM

  2. I thought He had already Gone to Man.C?

    From Nath, on Tue 30 Jun 6:57AM

  3. Why would Eto ever leave Barca for City? Truth be­ told, he won't no matter how much money City throw­ at him. Eto has a almost perfect situation at Barca. ­ He starts every game, is surrounded by world class­ players, scores plenty of goals, and wins trophies. He­ won't get any of that at City. The only bad side­ of his Barca situation is their fans, and their­ horrific and blatant racism towards him, which is­ really hard to comprehend. Barca fans out there, can­ you shed some light on this point?

    From Mark V, on Tue 30 Jun 6:38AM

  4. romario had the same problem and a brazilian club help­ him
    ronaldo had the same case and inter solve his­ problem
    rivaldo had the same old case but he saw light­ when he go to milan
    ronaldinho had the same fken­ problem but finaly was solve with milan
    greedy and­ racism is from the root in barcelona
    barcelona cause­ problem even to others in spain,
    even the catalan­ which support espayol love madrid and hates the racist­ barcelona
    one thing which i can't forget in my life­ is when i was in camp nou watching barca vs leventti,­ people in camp nou were holding banana, i was wondering­ why they all are holding banana, a few minute later i­ was shocked, coz the fans were throwing the banana to­ their own club players
    but i was happy with the way the­ players answer to the fans
    ronaldinho eto and deco jump­ like monkey after they score
    that was smart answer but­ none of the catalan understand that
    coz they are with­ no brain

    From James, on Tue 30 Jun 5:56AM

  5. boltj89 well said

    From dercute, on Tue 30 Jun 5:24AM

  6. Who on earth would want to move to City, enough at­ crazy salaries, tough to tempt someone to join that­ outfit.

    From , on Tue 30 Jun 4:43AM

  7. Seriously, he gets paid enough at Barca, why does he­ need more? If i had his wages for a year i would be­ able to retire. If i was him i would stay at barca, a­ club that would at least get somewhere. Why does he­ need more money?

    From Simon, on Tue 30 Jun 4:13AM

  8. how cheeky is this guy, he get's offered­ (apparently) more in wages than any other player on the­ planet and he still wants a massive lump sum payment as­ well.
    No wonder Barca want him out.

    From Leigh, on Tue 30 Jun 4:00AM

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    From milishaang, on Tue 30 Jun 3:12AM
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    @ boltj89, quit acting as if you are me, I'm the­ real getachew44, and if you really had 13 different­ email accounts, well that shows that you got no life,­ and have nothing better to do than to write here with­ 13 different accounts. Go get a life looser. You might­ of had 13 different accounts but you never had­ getachew44, because I have that. And for rest of You,­ I'm not racist, I'm black myself, and how can I­ be racist towards Eto'o when I'm black myself.­ I love Eto'o, but I love Barcelona more, and I­ think Eto'o is hurting Barca more. To all you­ Eto'o fans, let me ask you something, what you­ think about Eto'o blackmailing Barcelona, demanding­ half of the transfer fee ($15m euros) in order to­ leave, or he says he will stay in Barca one more year­ so Barca does not get any money out of him. You people­ are thick skull people, and don't understand what­ is going on. What do you expect from Barcelona, when a­ player is demanding a lot of money and has one year­ left on his contract, ofcourse they are going to sell­ him, they are not going to break the bank for one­ player, they are paying Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Alves,­ Henry, less than what Eto'o is demanding, and all­ of them are giving Barca just as much as Eto'o­ does, if not More. You people need to understand the­ truth, Eto'o is hungry for money, and he is­ learning for ronaldo and kaka. Well guess what, if you­ want to be greedy for money, well guess what, get the­ fuxk out the club, because we are not going to liste­ you your bull @#$%, there are other strikers out there­ who are just as good or even better than you, to name a­ few, there is Torres, Villa, Ibra, and they all would­ fit perfect in Barca. Any striker would do great in­ Barcelona when they have a great midfeald like Xavi,­ Iniesta, Toure, who give perfect passes. So you people­ out there that are blaming Barcelona, you are idiots,­ because if you were Barca, you would do the same. Think­ about it!!!!!! Now tell me if yo

    From getachew44, on Tue 30 Jun 2:24AM
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    @ boltj89, quit acting as if you are me, I'm the­ real getachew44, and if you really had 13 different­ email accounts, well that shows that you got no life,­ and have nothing better to do than to write here with­ 13 different accounts. Go get a life looser. You might­ of had 13 different accounts but you never had­ getachew44, because I have that. And for rest of You,­ I'm not racist, I'm black myself, and how can I­ be racist towards Eto'o when I'm black myself.­ I love Eto'o, but I love Barcelona more, and I­ think Eto'o is hurting Barca more. To all you­ Eto'o fans, let me ask you something, what you­ think about Eto'o blackmailing Barcelona, demanding­ half of the transfer fee ($15m euros) in order to­ leave, or he says he will stay in Barca one more year­ so Barca does not get any money out of him. You people­ are thick skull people, and don't understand what­ is going on. What do you expect from Barcelona, when a­ player is demanding a lot of money and has one year­ left on his contract, ofcourse they are going to sell­ him, they are not going to break the bank for one­ player, they are paying Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Alves,­ Henry, less than what Eto'o is demanding, and all­ of them are giving Barca just as much as Eto'o­ does, if not More. You people need to understand the­ truth, Eto'o is hungry for money, and he is­ learning for ronaldo and kaka. Well guess what, if you­ want to be greedy for money, well guess what, get the­ fuxk out the club, because we are not going to liste­ you your bull @#$%, there are other strikers out there­ who are just as good or even better than you, to name a­ few, there is Torres, Villa, Ibra, and they all would­ fit perfect in Barca. Any striker would do great in­ Barcelona when they have a great midfeald like Xavi,­ Iniesta, Toure, who give perfect passes. So you people­ out there that are blaming Barcelona, you are idiots,­ because if you were Barca, you would do the same. Think­ about it!!!!!! Now tell me if yo

    From getachew44, on Tue 30 Jun 2:23AM
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    @ boltj89, quit acting as if you are me, I'm the­ real getachew44, and if you really had 13 different­ email accounts, well that shows that you got no life,­ and have nothing better to do than to write here with­ 13 different accounts. Go get a life looser. You might­ of had 13 different accounts but you never had­ getachew44, because I have that. And for rest of You,­ I'm not racist, I'm black myself, and how can I­ be racist towards Eto'o when I'm black myself.­ I love Eto'o, but I love Barcelona more, and I­ think Eto'o is hurting Barca more. To all you­ Eto'o fans, let me ask you something, what you­ think about Eto'o blackmailing Barcelona, demanding­ half of the transfer fee ($15m euros) in order to­ leave, or he says he will stay in Barca one more year­ so Barca does not get any money out of him. You people­ are thick skull people, and don't understand what­ is going on. What do you expect from Barcelona, when a­ player is demanding a lot of money and has one year­ left on his contract, ofcourse they are going to sell­ him, they are not going to break the bank for one­ player, they are paying Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Alves,­ Henry, less than what Eto'o is demanding, and all­ of them are giving Barca just as much as Eto'o­ does, if not More. You people need to understand the­ truth, Eto'o is hungry for money, and he is­ learning for ronaldo and kaka. Well guess what, if you­ want to be greedy for money, well guess what, get the­ fuxk out the club, because we are not going to liste­ you your bull @#$%, there are other strikers out there­ who are just as good or even better than you, to name a­ few, there is Torres, Villa, Ibra, and they all would­ fit perfect in Barca. Any striker would do great in­ Barcelona when they have a great midfeald like Xavi,­ Iniesta, Toure, who give perfect passes. So you people­ out there that are blaming Barcelona, you are idiots,­ because if you were Barca, you would do the same. Think­ about it!!!!!! Now tell me if yo

    From getachew44, on Tue 30 Jun 2:23AM

  13. @ boltj89, quit acting as if you are me, I'm the­ real getachew44, and if you really had 13 different­ email accounts, well that shows that you got no life,­ and have nothing better to do than to write here with­ 13 different accounts. Go get a life looser. You might­ of had 13 different accounts but you never had­ getachew44, because I have that. And for rest of You,­ I'm not racist, I'm black myself, and how can I­ be racist towards Eto'o when I'm black myself.­ I love Eto'o, but I love Barcelona more, and I­ think Eto'o is hurting Barca more. To all you­ Eto'o fans, let me ask you something, what you­ think about Eto'o blackmailing Barcelona, demanding­ half of the transfer fee ($15m euros) in order to­ leave, or he says he will stay in Barca one more year­ so Barca does not get any money out of him. You people­ are thick skull people, and don't understand what­ is going on. What do you expect from Barcelona, when a­ player is demanding a lot of money and has one year­ left on his contract, ofcourse they are going to sell­ him, they are not going to break the bank for one­ player, they are paying Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Alves,­ Henry, less than what Eto'o is demanding, and all­ of them are giving Barca just as much as Eto'o­ does, if not More. You people need to understand the­ truth, Eto'o is hungry for money, and he is­ learning for ronaldo and kaka. Well guess what, if you­ want to be greedy for money, well guess what, get the­ fuxk out the club, because we are not going to liste­ you your bull @#$%, there are other strikers out there­ who are just as good or even better than you, to name a­ few, there is Torres, Villa, Ibra, and they all would­ fit perfect in Barca. Any striker would do great in­ Barcelona when they have a great midfeald like Xavi,­ Iniesta, Toure, who give perfect passes. So you people­ out there that are blaming Barcelona, you are idiots,­ because if you were Barca, you would do the same. Think­ about it!!!!!! Now tell me if yo

    From getachew44, on Tue 30 Jun 2:23AM
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    @ boltj89, quit acting as if you are me, I'm the­ real getachew44, and if you really had 13 different­ email accounts, well that shows that you got no life,­ and have nothing better to do than to write here with­ 13 different accounts. Go get a life looser. You might­ of had 13 different accounts but you never had­ getachew44, because I have that. And for rest of You,­ I'm not racist, I'm black myself, and how can I­ be racist towards Eto'o when I'm black myself.­ I love Eto'o, but I love Barcelona more, and I­ think Eto'o is hurting Barca more. To all you­ Eto'o fans, let me ask you something, what you­ think about Eto'o blackmailing Barcelona, demanding­ half of the transfer fee ($15m euros) in order to­ leave, or he says he will stay in Barca one more year­ so Barca does not get any money out of him. You people­ are thick skull people, and don't understand what­ is going on. What do you expect from Barcelona, when a­ player is demanding a lot of money and has one year­ left on his contract, ofcourse they are going to sell­ him, they are not going to break the bank for one­ player, they are paying Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Alves,­ Henry, less than what Eto'o is demanding, and all­ of them are giving Barca just as much as Eto'o­ does, if not More. You people need to understand the­ truth, Eto'o is hungry for money, and he is­ learning for ronaldo and kaka. Well guess what, if you­ want to be greedy for money, well guess what, get the­ fuxk out the club, because we are not going to liste­ you your bull @#$%, there are other strikers out there­ who are just as good or even better than you, to name a­ few, there is Torres, Villa, Ibra, and they all would­ fit perfect in Barca. Any striker would do great in­ Barcelona when they have a great midfeald like Xavi,­ Iniesta, Toure, who give perfect passes. So you people­ out there that are blaming Barcelona, you are idiots,­ because if you were Barca, you would do the same. Think­ about it!!!!!! Now tell me if yo

    From getachew44, on Tue 30 Jun 2:23AM
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    @ boltj89, quit acting as if you are me, I'm the­ real getachew44, and if you really had 13 different­ email accounts, well that shows that you got no life,­ and have nothing better to do than to write here with­ 13 different accounts. Go get a life looser. You might­ of had 13 different accounts but you never had­ getachew44, because I have that. And for rest of You,­ I'm not racist, I'm black myself, and how can I­ be racist towards Eto'o when I'm black myself.­ I love Eto'o, but I love Barcelona more, and I­ think Eto'o is hurting Barca more. To all you­ Eto'o fans, let me ask you something, what you­ think about Eto'o blackmailing Barcelona, demanding­ half of the transfer fee ($15m euros) in order to­ leave, or he says he will stay in Barca one more year­ so Barca does not get any money out of him. You people­ are thick skull people, and don't understand what­ is going on. What do you expect from Barcelona, when a­ player is demanding a lot of money and has one year­ left on his contract, ofcourse they are going to sell­ him, they are not going to break the bank for one­ player, they are paying Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Alves,­ Henry, less than what Eto'o is demanding, and all­ of them are giving Barca just as much as Eto'o­ does, if not More. You people need to understand the­ truth, Eto'o is hungry for money, and he is­ learning for ronaldo and kaka. Well guess what, if you­ want to be greedy for money, well guess what, get the­ fuxk out the club, because we are not going to liste­ you your bull @#$%, there are other strikers out there­ who are just as good or even better than you, to name a­ few, there is Torres, Villa, Ibra, and they all would­ fit perfect in Barca. Any striker would do great in­ Barcelona when they have a great midfeald like Xavi,­ Iniesta, Toure, who give perfect passes. So you people­ out there that are blaming Barcelona, you are idiots,­ because if you were Barca, you would do the same. Think­ about it!!!!!! Now tell me if yo

    From getachew44, on Tue 30 Jun 2:23AM
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    @ boltj89, quit acting as if you are me, I'm the­ real getachew44, and if you really had 13 different­ email accounts, well that shows that you got no life,­ and have nothing better to do than to write here with­ 13 different accounts. Go get a life looser. You might­ of had 13 different accounts but you never had­ getachew44, because I have that. And for rest of You,­ I'm not racist, I'm black myself, and how can I­ be racist towards Eto'o when I'm black myself.­ I love Eto'o, but I love Barcelona more, and I­ think Eto'o is hurting Barca more. To all you­ Eto'o fans, let me ask you something, what you­ think about Eto'o blackmailing Barcelona, demanding­ half of the transfer fee ($15m euros) in order to­ leave, or he says he will stay in Barca one more year­ so Barca does not get any money out of him. You people­ are thick skull people, and don't understand what­ is going on. What do you expect from Barcelona, when a­ player is demanding a lot of money and has one year­ left on his contract, ofcourse they are going to sell­ him, they are not going to break the bank for one­ player, they are paying Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Alves,­ Henry, less than what Eto'o is demanding, and all­ of them are giving Barca just as much as Eto'o­ does, if not More. You people need to understand the­ truth, Eto'o is hungry for money, and he is­ learning for ronaldo and kaka. Well guess what, if you­ want to be greedy for money, well guess what, get the­ fuxk out the club, because we are not going to liste­ you your bull @#$%, there are other strikers out there­ who are just as good or even better than you, to name a­ few, there is Torres, Villa, Ibra, and they all would­ fit perfect in Barca. Any striker would do great in­ Barcelona when they have a great midfeald like Xavi,­ Iniesta, Toure, who give perfect passes. So you people­ out there that are blaming Barcelona, you are idiots,­ because if you were Barca, you would do the same. Think­ about it!!!!!! Now tell me if yo

    From getachew44, on Tue 30 Jun 2:21AM

  17. naivety.

    From scotty, on Tue 30 Jun 1:52AM

  18. eto the african lion king.i hail you.make money now­ ,take the chance.go to city.what else paysan

    From fofulengniju, on Tue 30 Jun 1:35AM

  19. barca from 1999 to 2004 have won nothing even if xavi­ kluivert rivaldo overmars and iniesta were part of the­ team
    but after eto join in 2004, they won 3 league, 2­ CL, 1 cup and 2 super cup
    eto scored 132 goals in 5­ years, he has become the club 3rd top scorer of all­ time
    barca won 1 CL in 98 years but with eto'o, he ­ make them win 2 CL in 5 years
    the first was in paris,­ arsenal were leading by one goal but eto cause lehmane­ a red card and score vital goal in 73 minute which­ equale the result to 1-1
    the 2nd was in rome, united­ were well over barca dominating the match and missing 4­ clear chances in the first 10 minute
    but with first­ half chance eto change everything, after that barca­ dominate
    the fact is simply and clear for all
    eto want­ to stay
    he want to be paid like valdez puyol xavi and­ messi
    barca refuse that, do you know why?
    they think­ blacks are half human.

    From James, on Tue 30 Jun 12:55AM

  20. barca from 1999 to 2004 have won nothing even if xavi­ kluivert rivaldo overmars and iniesta were part of the­ team
    but after eto join in 2004, they won 3 league, 2­ CL, 1 cup and 2 super cup
    eto scored 132 goals in 5­ years, he has become the club 3rd top scorer of all­ time
    barca won 1 CL in 98 years but with eto'o, he ­ make them win 2 CL in 5 years
    the first was in paris,­ arsenal were leading by one goal but eto cause lehmane­ a red card and score vital goal in 73 minute which­ equale the result to 1-1
    the 2nd was in rome, united­ were well over barca dominating the match and missing 4­ clear chances in the first 10 minute
    but with first­ half chance eto change everything, after that barca­ dominate
    the fact is simply and clear for all
    eto want­ to stay
    he want to be paid like valdez puyol xavi and­ messi
    barca refuse that, do you know why?
    they think­ blacks are half human.

    From James, on Tue 30 Jun 12:53AM
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