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Eto'o settling in to unusual surroundings
There was a time when Samuel Eto'o and Jose Mourinho were portrayed as sworn enemies who were destined to spend their careers as opponents rather than allies.
Eto'o meets his new public.
Back in the days when Mourinho's Chelsea and Eto'o's Barcelona side were embroiled in explosive and acrimonious Champions League battles, the pair appeared to have differences that could never be reconciled.
Yet after one of the most expensive transfers in football history, Eto'o finds himself under Mourinho's command at Inter Milan, with the Italian club pulling off a masterstroke by securing the services of the proven Cameroonian goal poacher and pocketing the inflated sum of £40m in exchange for Swedish hit man Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The fact that Ibrahimovic is only regarded as a truly world class performer in Italy and has rarely looks a threat against Europe's best in the Champions League made the financial terms curiously one-side in the favour of Inter, with Eto'o content to have made the switch to the Serie A champions.
"It felt as if it was the right time to move on to another important championship and look to meet some fresh challenges head on," begins Eto'o. "It's like I'm starting from scratch again, which is an exciting and inspiring prospect.
"I have been in Spain for my entire pro career and had achieved far more than I could ever have predicted. I had five largely fantastic years at Barcelona and came to maturity there as a world-class striker. I won big trophies and had the pleasure of lining up with some of the biggest names around in football.
"Obviously, in the end people say I was forced out and with any working environment, there will be tensions and disagreements. Still, I don't want to dwell on the negatives. The satisfactions completely outweigh the bad moments: the incredible noise made by the 110,000 fans at the Camp Nou when were winning, the great attacking football we played. They are magical memories to take with me."
Inter are certainly getting a very different type of striker by swapping Ibrahimovic for Eto'o, with the new man quick to point out that his job is not to fill the void left by the departing hero.
"I don't like being compared to other players, whether past or present," he protests. "It doesn't make sense. I'm Samuel Eto'o and I have my own qualities, my own track record, which I think stands up to any sort of examination.
"My career has been a good one, probably better than good. I've won everyth
There was a time when Samuel Eto'o and Jose Mourinho were portrayed as sworn enemies who were destined to spend their careers as opponents rather than allies.
Eto'o meets his new public.
Back in the days when Mourinho's Chelsea and Eto'o's Barcelona side were embroiled in explosive and acrimonious Champions League battles, the pair appeared to have differences that could never be reconciled.
Yet after one of the most expensive transfers in football history, Eto'o finds himself under Mourinho's command at Inter Milan, with the Italian club pulling off a masterstroke by securing the services of the proven Cameroonian goal poacher and pocketing the inflated sum of £40m in exchange for Swedish hit man Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The fact that Ibrahimovic is only regarded as a truly world class performer in Italy and has rarely looks a threat against Europe's best in the Champions League made the financial terms curiously one-side in the favour of Inter, with Eto'o content to have made the switch to the Serie A champions.
"It felt as if it was the right time to move on to another important championship and look to meet some fresh challenges head on," begins Eto'o. "It's like I'm starting from scratch again, which is an exciting and inspiring prospect.
"I have been in Spain for my entire pro career and had achieved far more than I could ever have predicted. I had five largely fantastic years at Barcelona and came to maturity there as a world-class striker. I won big trophies and had the pleasure of lining up with some of the biggest names around in football.
"Obviously, in the end people say I was forced out and with any working environment, there will be tensions and disagreements. Still, I don't want to dwell on the negatives. The satisfactions completely outweigh the bad moments: the incredible noise made by the 110,000 fans at the Camp Nou when were winning, the great attacking football we played. They are magical memories to take with me."
Inter are certainly getting a very different type of striker by swapping Ibrahimovic for Eto'o, with the new man quick to point out that his job is not to fill the void left by the departing hero.
"I don't like being compared to other players, whether past or present," he protests. "It doesn't make sense. I'm Samuel Eto'o and I have my own qualities, my own track record, which I think stands up to any sort of examination.
"My career has been a good one, probably better than good. I've won everyth
@ NA'AM MWONDO
Gars les équipes que je vois la ne peuvent pas nous battre si on joue comme aujourd'hui contre les nigérians.Physiquement et mentalement les gars sont au dessus.J'ai bon espoir de jouer l'angola en finale.
Gars les équipes que je vois la ne peuvent pas nous battre si on joue comme aujourd'hui contre les nigérians.Physiquement et mentalement les gars sont au dessus.J'ai bon espoir de jouer l'angola en finale.
@ l'unique
On jouera contre le vainqueur du match qui est entrain de se jouer
senegal v cote d'ivoire
@Carmelo
Attends pour les larmes,nous ne sommes pas encore qualifiés,les 3 premiers qui sont qualifiés d'office,et puis la FIBA a 4 wild cards pour 4 pays dans le monde,mais c'est mieux qu'on se qualifie sur le terrain,et ne pas trp compter sur la wild card...
On jouera contre le vainqueur du match qui est entrain de se jouer
senegal v cote d'ivoire
@Carmelo
Attends pour les larmes,nous ne sommes pas encore qualifiés,les 3 premiers qui sont qualifiés d'office,et puis la FIBA a 4 wild cards pour 4 pays dans le monde,mais c'est mieux qu'on se qualifie sur le terrain,et ne pas trp compter sur la wild card...
@ BG (Allemagne)
ahh mon frere tu me tues tois...tu sais tres bien que persone ne peut resister a ''katere zout''
ahh mon frere tu me tues tois...tu sais tres bien que persone ne peut resister a ''katere zout''
Le Cameroun se qualifiera peut-etre. Mais il n'a pas une equipe capable de jouer la CM. Qui va marquer les buts? Qui va defendre? Les jeunes Nkoulou, Bassong et Assou (au cas ou il viendrait) manquent d'experience. Il n'y a aucun vrai joueur de couloir. Pourquoi ne pas chercher a convaincre David N'gog de choisir les Lions? EN voila un qui pourrait effectivement ajouter puissance et impact a l'attaque. Au cas ou il y avait des defenseurs chevronnes, Mbia et Alex Sonmg aurait constitue une excellente paire au milieu.
@G.A.V 2 Crs issi (Somewhere , Etats-Unis) le 13/08/2009 Ã 20:26
Oui, j´assume!
Qui peut dire non à "katere zout"?
Toi peut être?
Oui, j´assume!
Qui peut dire non à "katere zout"?
Toi peut être?
Je suis heureux très heureux de cette kalification en demi-finale ce ki est synonyme de kalification historik en coupe du monde. Pour la premiere fois le cameroun est en coupe du monde de basket. Jai preske les larmes aux yeux. Il ya 5 ans le nigeria nous aurait laminé avec 50 points d'ecart(en senior bien sur suivez mon regard). Depui 3ans les basketteur de la diaspora ont pri conscience et voilà le resultat. Une finale en 2007 et kalifié maintenant pour la coupe du monde une premiere. Ke l'etat prennent ses responsabilités. On a la matière il suffit dun leger coup de pouce de letat et le camer regnera aussi en afrik en basket comme au football. Car sans moyen regardez ce ke nos gards on fait en 3 ans.
@ na"am mwondo
on joue contre qui en démi finale stp ?
on joue contre qui en démi finale stp ?
@BG (Allemagne)
mais tu as tes 5 minutes de folies qui sont tjrs au chaud...lol et tu ecoutes Tsimi TORO...
mais tu as tes 5 minutes de folies qui sont tjrs au chaud...lol et tu ecoutes Tsimi TORO...
Mais que ce soit clair, je ne mange pas du savon et je ne plante pas les bonbons...

