Et Tu, Eto'o?

The Samuel Eto'o saga drags on and gets a little weirder. After the deal with Inter stalled there appears to be an attempt by AC Milan to lure Eto'o to the other side of the San Siro. I am not at all surprised that Eto'o has made exorbitant demands, reportedly 10 million a season plus a 15 million dollar commission on the transfer, because I have a distinct feeling he has no interest in playing in Italy. That is probably more than Inter thinks he is worth and I imagine enough to negate the Ibra swap. It is very likely not worth it for AC Milan either but having lost Kaka and being a squad with a debilitating high average age they may be in a position where they feel they have to do something. I still think he is unlikely to be in Serie A but AC makes slightly more sense than Inter.

And how weird were Pep's comments about the whole thing? That Eto'o needs to leave but not for footballing reasons... way to burn a bridge. How awkward will it be if he is in the Barca squad to start the season?

On the other side of the equation I can not imagine Inter let Ibrahimovic play the second half of their friendly vs Club America yesterday if a deal with Barcelona really was wrapped up. For a guy with a prickly nature like Ibra he seemed incredibly happy to be out on the field and looked very comfortable. Maybe it was a last hurrah type thing, who knows. Despite what he said about it being time to move on his inclusion in the squad shores up my belief the Inter-Barcelona deal will not happen.