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Samuel Eto'o

Is Eto'o a good signing ?

  • Err, Yes, he's boss

    Votes: 549 76.3%

  • No, he'll be Martinez' Ginola

    Votes: 110 15.3%

  • I only care about Cheese on Toast, Everton players don't interest me

    Votes: 61 8.5%
  • Total voters
    720
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Roberto Martinez is planning for another season with Samuel Eto’o as the striker edges towards triggering the clause that will extend his stay with Everton. Eto’o, 33, signed a 12-month contract when he joined in August, with the option of another year included in the terms. Eto’o, however, is guaranteed that extra season if he starts 15 times. He has currently made five, with four appearances from the bench.

The striker, who was outstanding in last Sunday’s 3-1 win at Burnley, was considered by Liverpool and West Ham United but Everton believe they were always his first choice, as he turned down Champions League football with Ajax, as well as lucrative offers in the Middle East.
 
‘Gift from footballing gods’ Samuel Eto’o on course for new Everton deal
• Roberto Martínez: it’s natural he’ll get another year
• ‘He could trigger the clause soon the way he’s playing’
• Striker scores twice against Burnley

Andy Hunter, The Guardian, Thursday 30 October 2014 22.29 GMT
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Roberto Martínez has said Samuel Eto’o is on course for a second season as an Everton player following an impressive start to his Goodison Park career.

Eto’o agreed a two-year contract when he joined Everton as a free agent in August, with the second year dependent on making 15 starts in the first. The 33-year-old has begun five of his nine appearances already this term, scoring four goals and having a positive impact both on and off the pitch since Chelsea opted against a contract extension at the end of last season.

The Everton manager described having the four-times African player of the year at Goodison as “a gift from the football gods” and has cast doubt on whether Eto’o would have joined Liverpool had Brendan Rodgers not signed Mario Balotelli in August instead. Indeed, Martínez believes the veteran will remain at Everton for the foreseeable future.


“It’s natural he’ll get another year,” said Martínez. “The option for a second year is based on number of games played, so it will come automatically. All I want is for him to enjoy his football and convey the winning mentality he has to the rest of the team.

“I always thought his period at Everton would be a minimum of two years because the option reflects that. He could trigger the clause very soon the way he’s playing but the clause is not in my mind or his mind. He’s happy playing for Everton, enjoying his day-to-day work and that’s it really.”

Eto’o produced two fine finishes in the 3-1 win at Burnley on Sunday but Martínez insists the former Cameroon striker’s influence is not measured by goals. He explained: “Every time he has played without scoring he has been really effective in terms of bringing his mentality to the team but now he’s getting fitter and he’s sharp in one-v-one.

“He could have chosen any league in the world and any team just to further his career. He chose to come to Everton because he wanted to be successful – that’s it. It wasn’t because of any hidden agenda or making it easy for him, or something that would suit his property or location. He came to our football club with no links, purely to be successful and with no attachments. The attachment or link was to be successful.

“He brings that winning mentality to the squad. He wants to win the sprints in training, never mind games, and he knows how to control the big moments in games. He’s done that throughout his career. Even just the way he’s been working in training would have been a good enough impact on the club and squad, never mind the goals he’s scored so far.”

Liverpool considered signing Eto’o as the transfer deadline approached and sent members of their medical team to Paris to assess the player in the event of Rodgers pulling out of a £16m deal for Balotelli. Martínez, however, believes there was no guarantee Eto’o would have agreed to join Liverpool had an offer materialised.

“I don’t know if that was the case,” the Everton manager said of a Liverpool medical. “I had spoken to Samuel long before then and my chairman had conversations with him some weeks before, and I don’t think that was the reality.

“I don’t think that was the real story but, look, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that he’s here and I see him as a gift from the footballing gods, and I am happy for him to continue to enjoy it.”

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So glad he's with us & he & Roberto appear to be very happy!
 

verton have signed striker Samuel Eto'o on a two-year-deal after he was released by Chelsea last season.

The Cameroon international, 33, joins on a free transfer and links up with former Chelsea team-mate Romelu Lukaku, who signed for £28m this summer.

Everton boss Roberto Martinez said of Eto'o: "I met him and we had a very good chat. I was impressed about the hunger he still has.

"We are very excited and I think Everton is the perfect home for him."

Eto'o's contract with Chelsea expired at the start of July and he was not offered fresh terms by Blues boss Jose Mourinho.







Cameroon international Samuel Eto'o signed for Everton on 26 August 2014.

The vastly-experienced striker joined on a free transfer and put pen-to-paper on a two-year deal.
Joining Real Madrid's youth academy as a 16-year old in 1997, Eto'o would be loaned out to CD Leganes and Espanyol before making a name for himself at Real Mallorca.

An initial loan was turned into a club record signing of £4.4million and he struck over 50 goals across four seasons for the Spanish side. A late Eto'o brace secured the Copa del Rey trophy in 2003.

Leaving the club as their all-time leading domestic league scorer, the pacey forward signed for Barcelona in the summer of 2004 for a fee of £24million.

At the Camp Nou, he would go on to hit over 100 goals across four trophy-laden campaigns. A league title in his debut season was followed by the La Liga top scorer award in 2005/06 and his first Champions League medal.

In his last season at Barcelona, Eto'o weighed in with 36 goals including vital strikes in the Champions League final and title run-in as the Catalans completed a historic treble.

He joined Inter Milan that summer and became the first player to win consecutive European continental trebles following with Champions League, Serie A and Italian SuperCup successes.

Switching to Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala in 2011, he later signed for Chelsea to work with former Inter mentor Jose Mourinho in 2013.

His one-year deal ran out at the end of the campaign in which he netted 12 goals in 34 appearances.
On the international front, Eto'o has 118 caps and a record 56 goals for his country.

He was part of the squad that won the 2000 Olympic tournament and has participated in three World Cups. He has featured in six Africa Cup of Nations, helping Cameroon to be crowned champions twice.

He is the most decorated African player of all time, having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times, while he came third in the FIFA World Player of the Year vote in 2005.
 
AaronTheBlue said:
verton have signed striker Samuel Eto'o on a two-year-deal after he was released by Chelsea last season.

The Cameroon international, 33, joins on a free transfer and links up with former Chelsea team-mate Romelu Lukaku, who signed for £28m this summer.

Everton boss Roberto Martinez said of Eto'o: "I met him and we had a very good chat. I was impressed about the hunger he still has.

"We are very excited and I think Everton is the perfect home for him."

Eto'o's contract with Chelsea expired at the start of July and he was not offered fresh terms by Blues boss Jose Mourinho.







Cameroon international Samuel Eto'o signed for Everton on 26 August 2014.

The vastly-experienced striker joined on a free transfer and put pen-to-paper on a two-year deal.
Joining Real Madrid's youth academy as a 16-year old in 1997, Eto'o would be loaned out to CD Leganes and Espanyol before making a name for himself at Real Mallorca.

An initial loan was turned into a club record signing of £4.4million and he struck over 50 goals across four seasons for the Spanish side. A late Eto'o brace secured the Copa del Rey trophy in 2003.

Leaving the club as their all-time leading domestic league scorer, the pacey forward signed for Barcelona in the summer of 2004 for a fee of £24million.

At the Camp Nou, he would go on to hit over 100 goals across four trophy-laden campaigns. A league title in his debut season was followed by the La Liga top scorer award in 2005/06 and his first Champions League medal.

In his last season at Barcelona, Eto'o weighed in with 36 goals including vital strikes in the Champions League final and title run-in as the Catalans completed a historic treble.

He joined Inter Milan that summer and became the first player to win consecutive European continental trebles following with Champions League, Serie A and Italian SuperCup successes.

Switching to Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala in 2011, he later signed for Chelsea to work with former Inter mentor Jose Mourinho in 2013.

His one-year deal ran out at the end of the campaign in which he netted 12 goals in 34 appearances.
On the international front, Eto'o has 118 caps and a record 56 goals for his country.

He was part of the squad that won the 2000 Olympic tournament and has participated in three World Cups. He has featured in six Africa Cup of Nations, helping Cameroon to be crowned champions twice.

He is the most decorated African player of all time, having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times, while he came third in the FIFA World Player of the Year vote in 2005.
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...and is currently slotting like a boss for Everton FC in the Premier League.
 


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