A recent rumour has surfaced that Manchester United and Barcelona are in talks over a swap deal which would result in Sameul Eto'o coming to Man Utd and Louis Saha plus £5
million going the other way. Most people think this rumour is pure crap and I tend to agree with them. There are 3 reasons which make me think this.
1, It is unlikely that SAF would be interested in signing Samuel Eto'o. He is not the kind of striker United need. Moreover, he is known to be a player that undermines team spirit. United don't need such kind of influence on their team right now.
2, It is unlikely that Barca would want to add Saha to their squad. They already have Henry, Ronaldinho, Messi, Dos Santos, Kirkic and Gudjohnsen as their strikers. At best, Saha would be a regular on their bench. Why would Saha want to be used as a substitute continuously?
3.Swapping Eto'o for Saha and £5 million only sounds ridiculous.Eto'o should be valued around £30 million whereas Saha's maximum value should be approximately £8 million(as he is injury-prone).
So this deal sounds totally unrealistic.
I would be very surprised if this rumour turns out to be true.If the deal goes through,it will be one of the major surprises of the January transfer window.
1 Response to Eto'o to Manchester United!Can it be true?
That indeed sounds very true. You cannot compare Saha to Eto'o and the deal also sounds quite unrealistic as you mentioned. Pound 5 million deal sounds childish for the transfer of Eto'o.As you said that he undermines team spirit i think he is the one your team does not need atleast right now when your teams performance is at the peak.
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