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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    getachew44,

    Barcelona looked good against United­ because they had an off day. Barca lost to Chelsea in­ the semis and had been beaten the last three times by­ English clubs. Real lost 5-0 to Liverpool. Spanish­ teams are a bit feeble compared to English power. Spain­ has pretty women players but England has big strong­ athletes.
    Man City will be in the Champions league­ next year...and they will win!

    From James D, on Mon 29 Jun 9:08PM
  2. The likes of man city, real madrid, chelsea and man­ united are destroying the game; 250K per week is­ particularly odious!
    FIFA must act NOW!

    From cameron w, on Mon 29 Jun 9:07PM
  3. @ varnavas_p, you don't make sense, on one hand you­ say you are a Barca fan, and on the other hand you say­ you are a madrid fan. Which one are you. What is your­ excuse for being so stubit, at least I have and excuse,­ I have mental problems, and sometimes I say things that­ I should not be saying, but why are you so stubit.­ Anyways, don't hate Barcelona just because they are­ better team than madrid, and have better players, and­ are the first team to win the treble.

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 9:06PM
  4. @ James D, you are an idiot, man city the future and­ not Barcelona? what are you smoking? how abou this,­ wait till, man city ever wins a premierSHIT or a­ champions league or has players 1/4 as good a Barca,­ than you come and talk to me.

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 9:02PM
  5. dnt beg man city will never be at the level of barca­ & madid mancity arent even in next year champions­ league letalone in the ueafa cup plus ribery is gonna­ be a madid player if not then he will stay in germany­ but ull get tevez

    From ricardotorres773, on Mon 29 Jun 9:02PM
  6. varnavas_p,

    eto'o should leave. There are only 2­ clubs in Spain and one of those is going to go bankrupt­ quite soon when it gets knocked out of the Champions­ league in the 2nd round for the sixth year running­ despite paying 200mil euros over the summer.

    From James D, on Mon 29 Jun 9:00PM
  7. any wa y i have good time laughing with kids
    i have to­ go by
    see you getachew44
    but plz leave barca alone
    we­ are not racist
    its pep and laporta only

    From varnavas_p, on Mon 29 Jun 8:51PM
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    varnavas_p,

    "getachew44 you said your father is­ from madrid and your­ mum from cataluya
    are you trying­ to say that something­ about madrid and barca in real­ life?"

    He is saying that Barcelona is the whore­ of Real Madrid!

    From James D, on Mon 29 Jun 8:51PM
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    Is he nuts!? Man City are the future not Barcelona. He­ should be biting off his arm to join them and accept­ whatever salary they offer. City will buy Tevez and­ Ribery soon too!

    From James D, on Mon 29 Jun 8:49PM
  10. @ Nick #138. Let me tell you something. I love­ Eto'o, and I want him to stay in Barcelona. But let­ me ask you something. How do you thing will Messi (the­ best player in the world) feel if Eto'o earns more­ than him, and how will other players feel when see­ Eto'o earning that much money. Messi is going to be­ unsettled, and ask for more money, which Messi should­ deserve the most money, because he is the best. And let­ me ask you how would Iniesta and Xavi feel if Eto'o­ earns way more than them, when in fact, Iniesta and­ Xavi, give to Barcelona the same as Eto'o gives, if­ not, more. So think before you speak. I here speak the­ truth. I might have mental problems, but I still could­ give good opinions once in a while. Barcelona are not­ madrid or man city, who only care to get fame and­ money, because that is what man city and madrid are­ doning, because if they cared to win trophies and­ entertain the fans like Barcelona does, than madrid­ would go buy players like Ribery, Messi, Iniest, or­ Xavi, players who give a lot to the team, players who­ actually play good and are not selfish, not players­ like ronaldo and kaka, who only care about making­ money. Also, if it was not for Barca, Eto'o would­ not be the Eto'o he was today, he would not be the­ 3 times African Player of the year. He would not be­ this good, because of players like Xavi, Iniesta,­ Ronaldinho, Messi, Deco, Henry, and the rest, helping­ him and giving him a lot of assists. I guess Eto'o­ is realy smart, he is learning a lot from ronaldo and­ kaka, he is demanding a lot of money, and also the­ fact, that Eto'o, now is demanding 15m euros from­ Barca in order to move to man city. Now tell me why is­ that? Because he is hungry for money, now that Barca­ made him to who he is not, he does not care about­ Barcelona. And for your information, it was PEP who­ convinced Eto'o to stay last season, if he did not­ want Eto'o, Eto'o would be sold. Also, why­ aren't any other teams bidding

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 8:48PM
  11. plz perez little mercy
    let villa for us
    don't buy­ all the players we want to buy

    From varnavas_p, on Mon 29 Jun 8:47PM
  12. plz eto stay we can't face the new madrid without­ you
    plz tore stay
    barca is ours not for laporta or co

    From varnavas_p, on Mon 29 Jun 8:46PM
  13. we in barca are not jeoleose
    we are just hoping we­ could survive against the new galacticos

    From varnavas_p, on Mon 29 Jun 8:44PM
  14. gimmy break
    is it me barca fan or you ?
    i from barca­ and i know my team.
    and getachew44 don't say­ you're barca fan
    you are just some metal sick like­ our racist couch and president

    From varnavas_p, on Mon 29 Jun 8:42PM
  15. Who in there right mind would want to play for mark­ hughes he will be the first puppet to be sacked and­ then maybe city will get someone half decent at least­ instead of second rate idiots

    From JOHN S, on Mon 29 Jun 8:41PM
  16. getachew44 geta life
    i just hope kaka and ronaldo gets­ injuries
    coz they can cause us danger

    From varnavas_p, on Mon 29 Jun 8:39PM
  17. i think barca fans get crazy

    From James, on Mon 29 Jun 8:35PM
  18. @ varnavas_p, #135, good job, you got it off your­ chest. Now we know why you make all these false­ comments about Barcelona and Laporta and PEP, is­ because you are jelous of how the black people have­ played so good against your real madrid team. Don't­ hate the players, hate the game.

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 8:35PM
  19. getachew44!!!!!!! you are really mad, why point a­­ finger or blame Eto....Why is Baco not renewing his­­ contract and give him an improved salary...They want­ to­ cash on him...is like they are done using him and­ just­ dumping him in a thrash bag. If they really want­ to­ cash on him...then they should have his demand or­ loose­ all if he stays and leave as a free agent next­ year.­ Look a good strike is always a good strike even­ with­ better plays in the field...take spain for­ example last­ week....they had all the mid-fielder and­ strikers one­ could ever ask...but what did they do.­ Eto is good and­ will always be good even for the next­ three year..watch­ and see. Barca knows that and you, I­ presume knows­ best. Eto is not out for money becos­ what City is given­ him is far more what Barca is­ offering (the highest­ paid player)....so if you where­ in his place wont you­ take it. I believe the 10 M­ euros is just to let the­ barca knows he does deserve­ that treat and if so they­ have to pay for it. What do­ Barca think....this guy has­ put all to Barca­ success...always eager to play and net­ the goals.­ Please give eto a Break!!!!!! Eto is good

    From Nick, on Mon 29 Jun 8:29PM
  20. @ varnavas_p, I'm not racist, I'm black myself,­ and how can I be racist towards blacks, you are the­ racist one, you are the one who is trying to make barca­ racist. You said it yourself that Laporta bought all­ those black people, and if he was racist, than why­ would he buy all those black people that you have­ listed. You are a looser, you should not be talking,­ you make no sense. Me, that I have mental problems, I­ make more sense than you.

    From getachew44, on Mon 29 Jun 8:28PM
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