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Eto'o blocks City move
SAMUEL ETO’O has rejected the chance to join Manchester City.
Barcelona had accepted City’s £25 million bid for Cameroon striker Eto’o, who can leave the Nou Camp as a free agent next summer.
But Eto’o is not willing to be forced out of the door against his will, while City are not prepared to hand him the £180,000-a-week wages – after tax – he was demanding.
Eto’o’s agent Josep Maria Mesailles said: “If there is not a 180-degree turnaround, then Samuel will stay with Barcelona.”
But City manager Mark Hughes is still confident Carlos Tevez will defect from Manchester United when his two-year loan deal officially expires today.