Eto’o explains ‘pathetic Chelsea’ comments. Samuel Eto’o has explained his comments about Chelsea during his spell at Barcelona. The Cameroon international who has signed a one-year contract with Chelsea said back in 2005 he would “rather sell groundnuts in his village than play for a pathetic team like Chelsea”. Jose Mourinho was the manager at Chelsea at the time Eto’o has stated their relationship at the time was tense before meeting at Inter Milan. The 32-yeat-old said of his comments: “I was talking about Jose not about Chelsea. Before meeting at Inter, we didn’t know each other personally, so our relationship was tense. I even said one time that I’d never play for a club where Jose was coach. “But God knows best. He wanted to show me that I was wrong and today Jose is a friend. Now he’s my coach again. It’s a real pleasure to team up with him once more and join a great team. Jose has a real clear idea. He talks straight and it’s really important in this business. He’s sincere and straightforward. “When it comes to Jose, I can’t pick out only one quality because he’s as good on the pitch as off it and this is rare for a manager. He’s one of the best. He got in touch. I realised there was an opportunity at Chelsea and things moved very fast.”
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:54:36 +0000
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