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| Manchester City's 'monster' offer fails to lure Samuel Eto'o; U-turn shows City's riches may not be en | |
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| 7seven7 | Jun 29 2009, 11:39 PM Post #1 |
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Samuel Eto'o has decided to stay at Barcelona despite the temptation of a post-tax salary of £180,000 a week at Manchester City. Manchester City have been given a painful reminder that their huge financial riches may still not be enough to lure all their ambitious targets after Samuel Eto'o's representatives informed the club today he had chosen not to accept their offer to become the best-paid player in the Premier League. Eto'o wants to stay at Barcelona even though the European Cup winners have made it clear they were happy to accept what their president, Joan Laporta, described over the weekend as a "stratospheric" and "monster" £25.5m bid from City. It has become clear to Eto'o that Barcelona are looking to move him on but the Cameroon striker has misgivings about joining a club who are not even involved in the Europa League and he is willing to resist the offer of a post-tax salary of £180,000 a week. His agent, José María Mesalles, will explain his motives at a press conference at the AC Diplomatic hotel in Barcelona tomorrow, uppermost among them being that Eto'o wants to continue playing at the highest level rather than at a club who are still in an early phase of a money-driven attempt to become, ultimately, potential Champions League winners. Eto'o, who scored in Barcelona's victory over Manchester United in last season's final, has decided he can wait until his contract expires next summer and he can leave on a free transfer. "If there is not a 180-degree turnaround, then he will stay with Barcelona," Mesalles confirmed. That represents a significant setback to City's manager, Mark Hughes, who had been planning for Eto'o to be the showpiece signing of a £100m summer recruitment programme in which the club have already signed Roque Santa Cruz and Gareth Barry for a combined £30m as well as putting in place a £25.5m deal for Carlos Tevez, whose two-year loan agreement at Manchester United expires tomorrow, and targeting the Everton defender Joleon Lescott for a potential £15m-20m. It will also be a reminder for City that there is still some way to go before the immense wealth of their Abu Dhabi-based owners brings the club to a point where they represent an attractive proposition for the best players. City have, after all, been here before when Kaka changed his mind about signing with them. Robinho has shown that City can attract established superstars but inquiries for David Villa at Valencia and Franck Ribéry at Bayern Munich were soon rebuffed. In the case of Eto'o, City are entitled to feel particularly let down as his advisers had strongly led them to believe that the 28-year-old was happy with the financial terms on offer and excited about playing in England. The club had hoped the transfer would persuade more elite footballers that Eastlands was not beneath them. On that front, Eto'o's decision constitutes a damaging blow. |
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| Homer | Jun 30 2009, 12:02 AM Post #2 |
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Etoo=epic fail |
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| AntMcfc | Jun 30 2009, 11:10 AM Post #3 |
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According to various reports in the British tabloids, Samuel Eto'o is set to reject the opportunity to join Manchester City, and stay with Barcelona because he wants more money than is currently on the table . On Monday, it was initially reported that the Citizens had made an official €29.5 million (£25m) bid for the 28-year-old and that the deal could even be completed this week. However, the 5ft 11in striker's agent later stated that he intends to remain at the Nou Camp to see out the final year of his contract, and earlier on Tuesday it was reported that the Cameroon international may even receive a two-year extension with La Blaugrana. The former Real Madrid and Real Mallorca star is due to hold a press conference on Tuesday morning, when it is expected he will confirm he is staying with Los Cules. However, The Sun claims that Eto'o could still join City provided they offer him a €14.7m (£12.5m) signing-on fee to go with the €295,700-a-week (£250,000) wages which would make him the wealthiest player in the world. The Daily Mirror writes that the prolific goalscorer wants a pay-off in the region of €17.7m (£15m) from Barcelona in order to move to Eastlands. It remains to be seen just what decision Eto'o will take at the press conference later on Tuesday morning. Once again, if that happens and he rejects the offer I will be gutted, but it goes to show that City are a club to respected and we have morals despite having massive amounts of ambition. |
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| AntMcfc | Jun 30 2009, 11:16 AM Post #4 |
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Lots of different reports coming out of Barca today. Filippo Ricci is on SNN right now reporting that Guardiola doesn't want Eto'o, Laporta has reportedly offered a new 2 year contract, but Eto'o has claimed he hasn't received anything. Lots of mixed signals coming out of Barca and Eto'o, his agent is talking shit, so we'll have to wait until we get concrete reports before we know what's happening here. |
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| AntMcfc | Jun 30 2009, 11:26 AM Post #5 |
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Eto'o has said that he will leave Barca for City IF Barca want to sell him... |
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| Sphinx^ | Jun 30 2009, 11:40 AM Post #6 |
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city's money dont mean they have to be respected respect comes from the results, from the trophey wins i dont think people fully respect chelsea yet. not sure i agree with paying a player which will amount to 360,000 a week tho (bearing in mind earners over 150k pay half in tax and they are covering his tax), if for some reason the owners pull out the club would be shafted i do believe he wants a 15 million golden handshake from barcelona.. money grabbing mercenary tosser :P |
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