Wednesday, July 1, 2009

To go or not to go

A few days ago, it was reported that Man City had made a staggering offer to bring Samuel Eto'o to the Eastlands. But despite the GPB1 million a month wage offered, Eto'o's agent said the Cameroon striker did not want to join Sparky and the Funky Bunch at City.

In light of that, Barcelona then makes a new contract offer to Eto'o. With this new offer on the table, it would seem pretty clear that Eto'o would reject a move to the Blues considering the star would rather turn out in a Barca jersey next season than in any other club's jersey. Heck, even Sparky thinks he's fighting for a lost cause now.

But all of a sudden, Eto'o's agent holds a press conference and starts claiming his client's pissed at Barca. Why? Well, according to the agent, Barca told Eto'o twice in the past two weeks the player has no future left with the Catalan giants. And as such, Eto'o's cheesed off with Barca's new contract offer because it seems the champions of Europe only made the offer because of City's move on the player.

Maybe the agent's telling the truth. But what I don't get is this. If Eto'o was unhappy and unwanted at Barcelona, why did he reject City's proposal? Ok, maybe that's not too fair of a question. Still, only a fool would have rejected City's bid outright if he didn't have any future left at his current club or any other offers on the table. So what's really going on here?

1 comment:

  1. i wish these guys would negotiate in private instead of washing their linens in public

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