38-yer-old Cameroonian football legend, Samuel Eto’o has announced himself the best African player to ever play football, noting that it is a fact.
The football legend who had begun his career with Real Madridand went on to play for 13 clubs including Barcelona, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Everton, and Sampdoria said this while speaking with AFP. The striker noted in the interview that he deserves to and is entitled to be proud when he recounts his successes in his career, looking back at ho he started out and how far he has gone. He added that this doesn’t depict pride but a distinction from being a puppet. Read also: Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks Down In Tears During Piers Morgan TV Interview “I don’t need to lay claim to anything, it’s just a fact. Whether you accept it or not, it’s a fact. When I look at where I came from and how far I got, I tell myself that I am entitled to be proud. That doesn’t mean I am big-headed, far from it. It is just that, in this world, people like puppets and I don’t accept being one”, he said.
Before his retirement in September, Samuel Eto’o had won oneChampions League with Inter Milan, three La Liga titles and two Champions League trophies with Barcelona and an Olympic gold at the 2000 Games in Australia, the Africa Cup of Nations in 2000 and 2002 for his country.
The striker noted in the interview that he deserves to and is entitled to be proud when he recounts his successes in his career, looking back at ho he started out and how far he has gone. He added that this doesn’t depict pride but a distinction from being a puppet.
