Agent: Inter Milan did far better than Barcelona in Ibra-Eto’o swap

Italian agent Dario Canovi insists Inter Milan did better out of the swap that brought Samuel Eto'o to Italy and Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Barcelona.

At particular times during this season, both players have suffered form lapses and question marks over their transfer.

But Canovi, who is close to many Spanish Liga clubs, argues in Tuttosport: "The facts have been established. It was a good deal for Inter Milan, taking Eto'o and dumping Ibrahimovic. Samuel plays for the team with an absolute dedication, sacrifice and energy.

"Zlatan has decided many matches, but has also been isolated on his own at times."

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Comments (29)

Making a comparism between Samuel Eto and Zlatan Ibrahomivic is like trying to figure out the difference between the daylight and nightfall.It doesnt go.
We are know what transpired in the whole tranfers episode.Coach Pep Guardiola made it clear right from the start that he never wanted Eto,o in his squad.
But when his prefered team coundnt deliver, he had no option left but to include Eto,o in his start-up.
The rest is now history,Eto,os presence tranformed the team and they eventually won all three major trophies in European football.But even as fans were celebrating these successes,the plot thicked to get rid of Eto,o.
During the champions league celebration is Camp Nou,the camera captured Pep Guardiola making an unpleasant gesture behind Eto,o moments after they greeted embraced and greeted eachother.As a Fc Barcelona fan it grieves me to see the club doing the same things for which we have critised Real Madrid for.
I think and not just me,but millions of football fans across the world thinks that Eto,o deserved a better treatment.
Samuel Eto,o archieved a lot for Fc Barcelona and history shall not rule otherwise.
He will remain one the best in the anals of Fc Barcelona sporting history.
He was and remains an astute and avowed a team player.
He scored the most imported goals while players such as Leo Messi get the credit and pay rise.He asked for a pay-rise and was shown the back door.
One of the hottest issue that was tabled against was a comment he made during a interview where he said that looking back at his career Fc Mallorca will always remain his beloved team.Cynics took hold of that and saw it as disloyalty towards Fc Barcelona.It is a matter of public knowledge that Fc Mallorca came to his rescue at a very critical stage of his career.It not by chance that providence that given Eto,o the chance to take his pound of flesh against Fc Barcelona.I wish him the very best with Inter Milan.

Making a comparism between Samuel Eto and Zlatan Ibrahomivic is like trying to figure out the difference between the daylight and nightfall.It doesnt go.
We are know what transpired in the whole tranfers episode.Coach Pep Guardiola made it clear right from the start that he never wanted Eto,o in his squad.
But when his prefered team coundnt deliver, he had no option left but to include Eto,o in his start-up.
The rest is now history,Eto,os presence tranformed the team and they eventually won all three major trophies in European football.But even as fans were celebrating these successes,the plot thicked to get rid of Eto,o.
During the champions league celebration is Camp Nou,the camera captured Pep Guardiola making an unpleasant gesture behind Eto,o moments after they greeted embraced and greeted eachother.As a Fc Barcelona fan it grieves me to see the club doing the same things for which we have critised Real Madrid for.
I think and not just me,but millions of football fans across the world thinks that Eto,o deserved a better treatment.
Samuel Eto,o archieved a lot for Fc Barcelona and history shall not rule otherwise.
He will remain one the best in the anals of Fc Barcelona sporting history.
He was and remains an astute and avowed a team player.
He scored the most imported goals while players such as Leo Messi get the credit and pay rise.He asked for a pay-rise and was shown the back door.
One of the hottest issue that was tabled against was a comment he made during a interview where he said that looking back at his career Fc Mallorca will always remain his beloved team.Cynics took hold of that and saw it as disloyalty towards Fc Barcelona.It is a matter of public knowledge that Fc Mallorca came to his rescue at a very critical stage of his career.It not by chance that providence that given Eto,o the chance to take his pound of flesh against Fc Barcelona.I wish him the very best with Inter Milan.

Ibra is a scorer of great goals. Eto'o is a great goal scorer, especially in big games.

You pick who you want on your team.