Manchester City no longer interested in Samuel Eto'o
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Manchester City announced on Friday night that they have ended their pursuit of Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o.
City tabled a £25 million bid for the Cameroon international a fortnight ago, with a £200,000-a-week wage package which would have made him the best-paid player in the world.
But Eto'o, who is about to enter the last year of his contract at the Camp Nou, felt he should receive a significant portion of the £18 million City were willing to pay, on the basis that he could leave Barcelona on a free next year.
The Eastlands club have set a deadline of this weekend to wait for Eto'o to resolve the wrangle.
In the end, chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak did not even give the 28-year-old that long, with Barcelona officially contacted on Friday with confirmation the deal was off.
"Samuel Eto'o is undoubtedly a fine footballer but the circumstances surrounding him were such that the deal could not be completed," City chief executive Garry Cook told the club's official website, www.mcfc.co.uk.
"We now feel the time is right to pursue other avenues and we have a clear and strategic transfer plan, which we continue to follow."
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City tabled a £25 million bid for the Cameroon international a fortnight ago, with a £200,000-a-week wage package which would have made him the best-paid player in the world.
But Eto'o, who is about to enter the last year of his contract at the Camp Nou, felt he should receive a significant portion of the £18 million City were willing to pay, on the basis that he could leave Barcelona on a free next year.
The Eastlands club have set a deadline of this weekend to wait for Eto'o to resolve the wrangle.
In the end, chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak did not even give the 28-year-old that long, with Barcelona officially contacted on Friday with confirmation the deal was off.
"Samuel Eto'o is undoubtedly a fine footballer but the circumstances surrounding him were such that the deal could not be completed," City chief executive Garry Cook told the club's official website, www.mcfc.co.uk.
"We now feel the time is right to pursue other avenues and we have a clear and strategic transfer plan, which we continue to follow."
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