Mark Hughes wish list gets closer
By: j | June 5th, 2009Although you may want to hold off the celebratory bubbly a morsel longer, a variety of internal sources are confirming that Barcelona is edging closer to accepting Man City’s offer for Samuel Eto’o. Earlier in the week less reliable media outlets in Spain had suggested the deal was nearing the final stages but of-course the difference between the negotiation table and signature on a contract is quite a long walk. While numbers have yet to be formally confirmed a transfer fee in excess of £20-22m has been acknowledged as the “likely” opening move by the Citizens.
For Samuel Eto’o the decision tree is convoluted because he would be leaving a Champions League title holder to a side out of a European football but with hefty promises for the future and of-course a substantial pay hike. Barcelona’s motivation on this seems to be very straight forward as the amongst their other plans they are looking to pull off a mid-day heist of Bayern München’s Franck Ribéry and with Cameroonian contract expiring at the end of next season, they could easily fund part of their attempt with a purchase by City. Equally stated with much of the Footballing world on a crash course of budgetary constraints, their “bidding war” options are limited to a few clubs despite the striker being one of the best pure goal scorers in the game today. This will ultimately come down to a cat and mouse affair in the last throes of the negotiation however with Barcelona knowing the striker could be turn the tide in City’s signing goals the price could escalate quickly.
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