Although I’m a Manchester United fan, even I wouldn’t wish Samuel Eto’o onto Manchester City. Mark Huges has dodged a major bullet this week as the negotiations for Eto’o broke down. However he seems determined to commit managerial suicide by signing overindulged prima donnas to the club.
City had agreed to sign Eto’o from Barcelona for £25million. Barca seemed all too happy to see the back of Eto’o, who has only 1 year left on his contract, and has had a series of disciplinary problems, and falling outs with previous managers.
City were also willing to make Eto’o the highest paid footballer in the world at a whopping £250K per week! But the deal broke down, one might think because Eto’o loves his current club and doesn’t want to move; WRONG…it was because, unbelievably, he wanted even more money. Not only did he want to be the highest paid footballer, but also wanted a cut of the £25million transfer fee.
Don’t get me wrong, Eto’o is a very good player, and he can definitely stick away the goals, but his ego and greed are out of the control.
It would take a “big” manager to handle Samuel Eto’o; a manager who has the unconditional backing of the fans and board, and if push came to shove it would be player to get the axe before the manager. There are very few such managers around, and sadly Mark Huges is not one of them. He still basically on probabation at city; if he does not deliver this year he will surely get the boot. The last thing he needs his a disgrutalled “superstar” stabbing him in the back at every chance, and disrupting the changing room.
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