Eto'o: I Turned Down Lyon And Uzbek Moves
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Samuel Eto'o has revealed that he turned down offers to join Olympique Lyonnais and a team in Uzbekistan over the summer and gave his reasons why.
The Cameroonian international admitted that he was not prepared to move to Stade Gerland because the salary on offer did not match what he had asked for.
Despite the, Eto'o did not rule out moving to the French champions in the future because he would like to live in France and has friends at the club.
"Lyon did make a big effort but I could not go there and I want to think their president Jean-Michel Aulas for his interest even though they could not match what I asked for," he told TF1's Telefoot programme.
"I have friends in Lyon such Makoun and may be one day I could go there. For someone from Cameroon like me, to live in France would be great."
The Uzbeki outfit that wanted Eto'o were prepared to pay him an increidble sum for a short stay, but Eto'o felt that the move would have been below him.
"They offered me $25m to spend two or three months there. My head was spinning because of that offer, but everyone had to understand that as a Cameroon international I had to aim higher and play for a big club," he continued.
"That was why I could not accept that offer."
Eto'o was expected to leave Barcelona at the end of last season but his impressive attitude and form in pre-season convinced coach Pep Guardiola to keep him at Camp Nou. -
he go man u or arsenal i also happy
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bullshit lah.. what "as a Cameroon international I had to aim higher and play for a big club" at 25m for a couple of months work and then being able to leave for another club after that would be too good to be true, i'll bet there must be some untold clause that prevent him from siging with them..