#Moodyshegsblog update Cameroon great Eto’o signs for Chelsea

LONDON (AFP) – African superstar
Samuel Eto’o will test himself in English
football after Chelsea announced on
Thursday that he has joined the Premier
League giants on a one-year contract.
The 32-year-old Cameroon striker arrives
from Russian side Anzhi Makhachkala on
a free transfer, in a move that may signal
the end of Chelsea’s pursuit of
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney.
Chelsea have had two bids for Rooney
rejected and manager Jose Mourinho
recently admitted that he had a “Plan B”
in case their pursuit of the England
international did not come off.
“I am very happy to be here, but also
anxious because I want to get playing as
soon as possible,” said Eto’o, who was
pictured brandishing a Chelsea shirt on
the club website.
“It wasn’t a hard decision. I saw the
qualities Chelsea have, and I was very
happy with Jose Mourinho before, so
when the opportunity came, I was very
happy to take it.”
Eto’o previously worked under Mourinho
at Inter Milan and was a member of the
team that claimed an unprecedented
treble of Serie A, Coppa Italia and
Champions League titles in 2010.
The move also reunites him with former
Anzhi team-mate Willian, who completed
a switch to Chelsea in a deal reportedly
worth £30 million ($47 million, 35 million
euros) on Wednesday.
Willian and Eto’o are among a number of
players to have been moved on by Anzhi
after the Russian side’s billionaire owner
Suleiman Kerimov decided to restructure
the club and drastically shrink their
budget.
Eto’o is expected to compete with
Fernando Torres, Romelu Lukaku and
Demba Ba for a place at the tip of the
Chelsea attack, although he played on the
right flank under Mourinho at Inter.
A four-time African Footballer of the Year,
Eto’o began his career in European
football at Real Madrid, but joined Real
Mallorca in 2000 after a successful loan
spell.
He lifted the Copa del Rey with Mallorca in
2003 before joining Barcelona a year
later.
The striker enjoyed stunning success at
Barcelona, scoring in Champions League
final triumphs in 2006 and 2009 and also
claiming three Spanish league titles.
He subsequently joined Inter in 2009, as
part of the deal that took Zlatan
Ibrahimovic to Barcelona, and won his
third Champions League title in his first
season at San Siro.
It made him the first player to win
consecutive European trebles with two
different clubs.
His move to big-spending Anzhi in August
2011 came as something of a shock,
although Kerimov was reported to have
made him the best-paid player in world
football.
Eto’o has also won the Africa Cup of
Nations on two occasions with Cameroon
and was a member of the team that
triumphed at the 2000 Olympics in
Sydney

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