A Profile of Samuel Eto’o
One of the ironies of Samuel Eto’o playing for FC Barcelona is that he initially joined arch-rivals Real Madrid, who immediately set him out on mortgage initially to next division CD Leganes then to first division Espanyol after participating in just one league match for Madrid and last but not least to Mallorca. He did so effectively at the latter club that they signed him for a club file and grew to become the best scorer in the record of the club with a full of 54 aims between 2000 and 2004.
The Cameroon striker signed to FC Barcelona following a collection of negotiations concerning Barcelona, Mallorca and True Madrid who had retained an solution on him. On just one hand Madrid did not require him in the group as they previously experienced two strikers in the sort of Ronaldo and Raul on the other hand they didn’t want him to play for Barcelona, a club that was seeking for a high quality striker to cement the assault immediately after they were not able to appear to an agreement with midfielder Edgar Davids, who had invested the 2nd 50 percent of the 2003-2004 year on bank loan to the Catalan club.
With Eto’o in area as striker and Ronaldinho as attacking mid-fielder, Samuel Eto’o speedily proved to be fantastic value for funds and scored a complete of 24 league ambitions in the 2004-2005 season. Despite the fact that he served FC Barcelona to just take the league title, he narrowly skipped the title of prime goal scorer in La Liga.
Nevertheless, at the celebrations that followed at the Nou Camp he gave speech in which he overtly criticised Serious Madrid, seemingly venting the bitterness he felt for staying passed around by the club in favour of remaining place on financial loan. He later on had to retract his statement and difficulty an apology.
The subsequent 12 months Samuel Eto’o was able to strengthen of his league score and with a total of 26 plans he narrowly took the “Pichichi” crown, just 1 aim in advance of David Villa from Valencia. His potent effectiveness on the pitch saw him also rating six Champions League plans, encouraging to propel Barcelona all the way to the closing against Arsenal. He was strongly implicated in the consequence as first the Arsenal goalkeeper was despatched off for a foul in opposition to Eto’o in the first 20 minutes failing to capitalise on the one particular gentleman edge, Eto’o equalised in the 76th minute from a move from Larsson and Belletti scored the profitable purpose a handful of minutes immediately after.
On the basis of a powerful season Samuel Eto’o was awarded the title of UEFA Champion’s League Very best Forward as perfectly as Finest African Player for the 3rd yr running.