Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Barcelona has received a formal 25 million euro° bid by Italian club AS Roma for Barcelona forward and Cameroonian international Samuel Eto'o (27).This first bid could be a good starting point for further negotiations cause it's not far from the 30 million euro° (plus variables) that Barcelona is asking for the striker and the first formal talks would have been held between the two clubs.
A transfer agreement between Roma and Barcelona seems very likely with Barcelona wanting to close a deal before the 5th of August when they have to present the names of the players who will participate in the last preliminary round of the Champions League.
Roma has put aside 30 million euro° for this summer's transfers and wanted to spend that money initially by buying two players. With a world class player like Eto'o now on the market they are looking to change their strategy and could put all their money on Eto'o.
Both on an economic and on a sporting level, Roma could be an attractive option for Eto'o. His agent José María Mesalles has been informed of the talks between the clubs. Roma would have offered Eto'o a year salary of 6 million euro (plus incentives), while Eto'o would be asking 8 million euro (plus incentives).
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