Saturday 27 August 2011

SAMUEL ETO'O BECOMES WORLD'S HIGHEST PAID FOOTBALLER

The latest football news is that Samuel Eto'o a known name in African football  has become the highest paid soccer player.
Eto the four time African Footballer of the year and three time European champions leaugue winner was the Camerounian captain at the world cup in 2010 and has also feautured in various football games internationally and is a top achiever when it comes to football scores and results.
He has won the Spanish and Italian leagues, an Olympic gold medal and the Africa Cup of Nations, twice.
THe move that made the Cameronian footballer a top list player was his move
from Italian club Inter Milan to Russian Side Anzhi Makhachkala owned by Suleiman Kerimov the  oil tycoon and Forbe's 118th richest man in the world whose fortune has been estimated at US$7.8 billion.
The hurdle of his medical test was finally scaled sealing the deal and giving him the title as the world's richest footballer surpassing the likes of Christiano Ronaldo,Lionell Messi and Yaya Toure.
Anzhi will pay Inter Milan 21m euros (£18.4m) and Eto'o will earn 10m euros (£8.7m) per season.
Eto'o 's first match for the Russian club will be against Rostov and he will wear the number 99 on his jersey.

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