Eto'o set to becomes worlds best paid player

Raskolnikov

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/football-golf-boxing/16248-eto%E2%80%99o-set-for-anzhi-medical.html

Samuel Eto’o will now undergo his medical on Thursday ahead of his move from Inter to Anzhi Makhachkala.

The Cameroon international was expected to be at Rome’s Villa Stuart centre at midday on Tuesday for the tests, but they have been postponed for 48 hours.

Despite the delay, the transfer is still expected to be completed with the final details set to be wrapped up over the next day or so.
Russian officials will be in Italy again today where they will hold further discussions with the Nerazzurri.

It’s understood that Eto’o will be sold for close to €30m, with the player signing a three-year contract worth over €15m a campaign.

:eek:

paddy kerins

Great Scott!!

pickarooney

"I always dreamed as a kid of playing for Anzhi Makhachkala."

gimmick

If he thought the monkey chants were bad in Spain, God help him out there.

Crazy money, but fair play. Are this crowd in the CL?

eagle eye

So you are still a kid I presume seeing as they only started up in 1991.:D

Ulysses Gaze

gimmick wrote: »

If he thought the monkey chants were bad in Spain, God help him out there.

Crazy money, but fair play. Are this crowd in the CL?

No. But they have serious cash to burn, building a new stadium and plans to spend more money.

The club currently train and live in Moscow and only travel to Makhachala for matches. That is until the facilities are upgraded there. That's one reason Eto'o, Roberto Carlos, Tardelli et al have joined. Apart from the huge money!

The owner has huge plans for the club. New stadium, training complex and an Ajax/Barcelona type academy focusing on the development of younger players from the region.

They are trying to build something similar to Real under Florentino Perez's first reign - a team of Zidanes and Pavones.

Neil3030

€15m a campaign? That's what, €1m per banana that will be thrown at him by those clowns?

ShamoBuc

Neil3030 wrote: »

€15m a campaign? That's what, €1m per banana that will be thrown at him by those clowns?

I expect more than 15 bananas a season will be thrown at him - it will be interesting to see how well he settles there, although for that money I'm sure he'll make an effort.

Paully D

Any black player should refuse to play over there because of the disgusting racism, but I guess money talks.

It's a shame to see someone who already has all the money he could need to set himself and his family up for life stoop to the level of playing in a country where he'll be racially abused week in, week out.

Eto'o had an opportunity to make an example of Russian football by refusing to play there because of racism.

IvySlayer

Paully D wrote: »

Any black player should refuse to play over there because of the disgusting racism, but I guess money talks.

And let the racists win? What about the World Cup?

The Russian Football Federation could do more to help stop this. Start playing matches behind closed doors for offending clubs....Stadium stewards/police catching and banning these guys from every stadium in Russia.

flahavaj

Good luck to him.

Anyone who slates him for not turning down such unbelievable money is

(a) Not old enough to ever have worked

(b) Someone who has never had to or bothered to earn a pay packet in their lives

(c) A retard.

du Maurier

pickarooney wrote: »

"I always dreamed as a kid of playing for Anzhi Makhachkala."

Yes, Robbie..

Cypher_sounds

This is great for the Russian premier league, will be very interesting to see how his club finishes their current season.

Neil3030

IvySlayer wrote: »

And let the racists win? What about the World Cup?

The Russian Football Federation could do more to help stop this. Start playing matches behind closed doors for offending clubs....Stadium stewards/police catching and banning these guys from every stadium in Russia.

And until the Russian Football Federation actually bother their holes to do what you suggest, players should boycott the league. It isn't an either or scenario.

Corsendonk

Seems they still have a chance of Champions League football. Zhirkov was booed off the pitch at the last Russian International for moving to them so Eto is in for some welcome from the opposing fans.


Radio Free Europe

Anzhi is reportedly offering 35 million euros ($50 million) for the 30-year-old, with the offer of 20 million euros ($28 million) a year to sway him to move to Russia.

Already during the summer period during which clubs are allowed to buy and sell players, Anzhi brought in Russian national team player Yury Zhirkov from London's Chelsea for 13.2 million pounds ($21.8 million).

Anzhi has also added veteran Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos, 38. Not bad for a club that was playing its seventh consecutive season in Russia's next-highest league in 2009.

This flurry of high-profile acquisitions began after the club was taken over by billionaire Suleiman Kerimov, a native of Daghestan who represents the republic on the Federation Council in Moscow. On the most recent list of the world's billionaires by "Forbes," Kerimov was listed 118th, with a net worth of $7.8 billion.

Anzhi is not the only club in the North Caucasus attempting to challenge the traditional powers in Moscow (and now St. Petersburg). Terek Grozny, with the irrepressible backing of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, recently hired Dutch legend Ruud Gullit to coach the team, though he was fired in June after poor results.

While Eto'o flirted with a move to another upstart team to the east, Uzbekistan's Bunyodkor, in 2008, the fact that Anzhi Makhachkala could still qualify for the Champions League by finishing in the top two of the Russian Premier League (they're currently sixth as of August 17) could sway him to look east this time around.

Raskolnikov

4 Champions League titles, 3 La Liga titles, 1 Serie A title and more than a half dozen minor cup titles. The guy has nothing to prove.

James__10

Raskolnikov wrote: »

4 Champions League titles, 3 La Liga titles, 1 Serie A title and more than a half dozen minor cup titles. The guy has nothing to prove.

Until he faces titus bramble then the guy will have nothing else to prove :pac:

Kerrydude1981

He is still only 30 so I tought he have jumped at the chance to test himself in the PL,but if he can get that kinda of money in Russia best of luck to him.

eZe^

gimmick wrote: »

If he thought the monkey chants were bad in Spain, God help him out there.

I actually supported him moving for money, but now that you mention this, very very strange. Especially considering the stands he has taken in the past against being verbally abused. It'll be interesting to see does he take it on the chin for the 400,000 euro wages.


Also, doesn't Eto'o only have 3 CLs?

smokedeels

pickarooney wrote: »

"I always dreamed as a kid of playing for Anzhi Makhachkala."

"I always dreamed as a kid of making sh1t loads of cash for doing nothing"

Neil3030

Incredible to think that as high as Eto'o will be paid, Anzhi probably makes several times this figure each year in interest alone.

Neil3030

Raskolnikov wrote: »

4 Champions League titles, 3 La Liga titles, 1 Serie A title and more than a half dozen minor cup titles. The guy has nothing to prove.

Yet to do it on a cold Wednesday night in Stoke though :pac:

Raskolnikov

eZe^ wrote: »

I actually supported him moving for money, but now that you mention this, very very strange. Especially considering the stands he has taken in the past against being verbally abused. It'll be interesting to see does he take it on the chin for the 400,000 euro wages.


Also, doesn't Eto'o only have 3 CLs?

Wikipedia says he won a medal at Real Madrid for being an unused sub in the final.

Crazy Horse 6

Great move for the up and coming Russian league.:)

Raskolnikov

I might fire Anhzi an e-mail to let them know I am willing to lace up my boots again. I can even be had for a mere snip of £20,000 a week.

punk77

ShamoBuc wrote: »

I expect more than 15 bananas a season will be thrown at him

Bananas??? I doubt it with the price of fruit over there. Banana skins,maybe

Raekwon

Raskolnikov wrote: »

I might fire Anhzi an e-mail to let them know I am willing to lace up my boots again. I can even be had for a mere snip of £20,000 a week.

If Graham Souness was their manager you could tell them that you're Robbie Keane's cousin and earn yourself £20k at the very least.

SM01

I equally say good luck to him and don't begrudge his decision. However, I find it a little difficult to rationalise if, say, I was in his position, when:

1. He's already exceptionally rich.
2. For his the remainder of the career playing professional football, he'll be paid handsomely.
3. He's at the top of his game and has the ability to remain at a traditionally big European club for the foreseeable future.
4. The climate and culture are significantly different and will require some acclimatising.
5. The racist behaviour of a vocal minority of Russian league fans is appaling and the likelihood is that he would be targeted.

So good luck to him, he's a player I like a lot, however if I was in his Pumas, I'd be saying thanks but no thanks.

opr

Finally completed. Figures are mind boggling.

OliverKayTimes Oliver Kay
Insane RT @RobHarrisUK: 3-year deal for Eto'o in Russia at Anzhi Makhachkala - expected to get €20M/yr. Ronaldo earns around €12M/yr at Real

Opr

sonic85

disgusting really. cant blame him for following that kind of money but id love to know are we ever going to see transfer fees and wages hit a ceiling. no player on earth is worth anywhere near that wage

steelcityblues

flahavaj wrote: »

Good luck to him.

Anyone who slates him for not turning down such unbelievable money is

(a) Not old enough to ever have worked

(b) Someone who has never had to or bothered to earn a pay packet in their lives

(c) A retard.

If he was a player from a financially poor league like the LOI, then more power to him.

But my heart is not going to bleed for poor superstar footballer Samuel Eto'o.

At only 30, the move is a bit of a cop out.

flahavaj

steelcityblues wrote: »

If he was a player from a financially poor league like the LOI, then more power to him.

But my heart is not going to bleed for poor superstar footballer Samuel Eto'o.

At only 30, the move is a bit of a cop out.

Your heart doesn't have to bleed for him. Its just silly to slate someone for turning down those sums of money.

I don't see why wanting to earn as much money as you can is seen as something to look down upon.

Its not as if he's been starved of success in his career either.

He does huge amounts of charity work too, they'll be the ones that'll benefit the most from this.

steelcityblues

flahavaj wrote: »

Your heart doesn't have to bleed for him. Its just silly to slate someone for turning down those sums of money.

I don't see why wanting to earn as much money as you can is seen as something to look down upon.

Its not as if he's been starved of success in his career either.

I don't begrudge him or others making money. Just frustrating to see a great player like him, settling to play in a sub-standard league.

Lukker-

It's pretty sick tbh but it's the way the game is gone.

flahavaj

steelcityblues wrote: »

I don't begrudge him or others making money. Just frustrating to see a great player like him, settling to play in a sub-standard league.

Its one of the fastest developing league in Europe in fairness. Its not La Liga or the PL, but its not the Albanian over 65's league either.:pac:

I don't see anything wrong with a player who has won it all at two of the biggest clubs around taking the best fnancial offer he can get at the age of 30. He has nothing left to prove.

steelcityblues

flahavaj wrote: »

Its one of the fastest developing league in Europe in fairness. Its not La Liga or the PL, but its not the Albanian over 65's league either.:pac:

I don't see anything wrong with a player who has won it all at two of the biggest clubs around taking the best fnancial offer he can get at the age of 30. He has nothing left to prove.

I don't really blame Samuel Eto'o. I blame the agents and others of players, who are more concerned about getting their cut. Carlos Tevez' career to date has been too scattered, thanks to these type of people.

Bodhisopha

Lukker- wrote: »

It's pretty sick tbh but it's the way the game is gone.

I'd rather him get it than anyone else. He's a genuine legend, has done about as much in the game as he can and as Flah has mentioned, he will pump a serious amount of that into charity. It was probably a major factor in him signing.

flahavaj

steelcityblues wrote: »

I don't really blame Samuel Eto'o. I blame the agents and others of players, who are more concerned about getting their cut. Carlos Tevez' career to date has been too scattered, thanks to these type of people.

No problem with that. It just puzzles me when people criticise the players themselves for taking whatever ludicrous sums are on offer.

astonaidan

TBH they have some serious talent before Eto signed, They got Dzudzac fro PSV when everyone thought He was off to germany, Boussaffa from Anderlect supposed to going to italy, Tardelli, Zhirkov, Roberto Carlos and I'm sure they will get more in not a bad team could be in champions league next year

Mont

€60,000 approx. a day after tax. Good man Eto'o

Pinturicchio

Anzhi have signed an attacking left back (Carlos), a left wing back/winger (Zhirkov), a left winger (Dzsudzsak) and a striker who cuts in from the left and can also play as a left winger (Eto'o).

They're just signing anyone they can.

Mont

Pinturicchio wrote: »

Anzhi have signed an attacking left back (Carlos), a left wing back/winger (Zhirkov), a left winger (Dzsudzsak) and a striker who cuts in from the left and can also play as a left winger (Eto'o).

They're just signing anyone they can.

Carlos is finished and Eto'o is best as a striker. Fair play to them. If some billionaire wants something to do, why begrudge him his bit of fun. Everyones happy in a wasteland in the middle of nowhere. Salut

Pinturicchio

Mont wrote: »

Carlos is finished and Eto'o is best as a striker. Fair play to them. If some billionaire wants something to do, why begrudge him his bit of fun. Everyones happy in a wasteland in the middle of nowhere. Salut

So what? Do you think they're not going to play him?

curry-muff

ShamoBuc wrote: »

I expect more than 15 bananas a season will be thrown at him - it will be interesting to see how well he settles there, although for that money I'm sure he'll make an effort.

For €15m per campaign I'd let them throw all the fúcking bananas they can muster up at me

barone

have to include the russian league now in football manager,Anzhi Makhachkala. will have some team in the next game,and shed loads of cash

:):)

Pinturicchio

barone wrote: »

have to include the russian league now in football manager,Anzhi Makhachkala. will have some team in the next game,and shed loads of cash

:):)

The Russian league is already in FM.

LuckyCharms

curry-muff wrote: »

For €15m per campaign I'd let them throw all the fúcking bananas they can muster up at me

I'd probably hire one of them to eat the bananas aswell

flahavaj

LuckyCharms wrote: »

I'd probably hire one of them to eat the bananas aswell

He could just buy all the bananas in Russia with the interest on his weekly salary.

flahavaj

Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala have agreed a deal to sign Samuel Eto'o from Inter Milan for 21m euros (£18.4m).

Cameroonian international Eto'o, 30, joins on a three-year deal and will earn 10m euros (£8.7m) per season, BBC Sport understands.

Asked if Eto'o is worth it, club spokesman Alexander Udaltsov said: "Of course, it's a very good deal."

The transfer will be finalised when the striker undergoes a medical in Rome on Wednesday morning.

Earlier reports from Italy stated that Eto'o could earn as much as 17.5m (£15.3m) a year, which would have made him the best-paid player in world football.

However, Udaltsov told BBC Sport's news correspondent Dan Roan that Eto'o's annual salary would be significantly less and would put him behind Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, who reportedly earns 12m euros (£10.5m) a year.

"He's very well known over the world," Udaltsov, who confirmed Inter would receive 15m euros (£13.1m) now and 6m euros (£5.2m) in two months.

"He will help our club reach our ambitions of reaching the Champions League. Our club is in the process of building a big team and signing Samuel is a big step."

Eto'o, a three-time African Footballer of the Year, was not included in Inter's squad for their final pre-season friendly against Olympiakos on Sunday night.

Recently, his family moved out of the Eto'o home in Milan and into a hotel.

Talk of the striker's move to Anzhi - located in the troubled southern Russian province of Dagestan and owned by billionaire oil tycoon Suleiman Kerimov - had been heightened by a tribute paid by Inter Milan's midfielder Estaban Cambiasso.

"He's a player who has helped us a lot in the last couple of years," the veteran Argentina midfielder said on Sunday.

"His transfer hasn't been made official yet but in Inter's history there have been lots of great champions who have moved on to other things and afterwards Inter was still Inter - that's all that matters."

Eto'o, who has previously represented Barcelona, Mallorca and Real Madrid, is the most decorated player in African history, having won the Champions League three times, the Spanish and Italian leagues as well as two Nations Cups and an Olympic gold.

Anzhi has only had one full season back in the Russian top flight but has become a major player under an owner who who has poured money into the club.

In Forbes magazine's latest list of the world's richest people, Kerimov's net worth was estimated at US$7.8 billion.

Despite the dangers in Dagestan, where a low-level Islamic insurgency has made the republic very unstable, Anzhi have already managed to attract players such as Roberto Carlos and Yuri Zhirkov.

Anzhi players live and train at a training camp outside Moscow for security reasons and travel to Makhachkala for home games, flying about 1,250 miles 15 times a season.

BBC reporting the salary as £167,000 a week, which is less than Ronaldo at Real.

Seaneh

his gross is a lot lower than is current deal at inter but because of the difference in tax rates between russia and italy his net will be higher, i think.

Pedro K

If the club's ambition is to play in the champions league, and the new owner has just been pouring money into the club, will they not fall victim to the financial fair play rules in a couple of seasons time?