The contract that Eto'o is reported to have agreed will make him the worlds highest paid player, earning £17.9million a year after tax. The transfer will conclude weeks of reported negotiations between the two clubs, German Tkachenko, Anzhi's marketing consultant, leading a team to Milan to finalise the details of the move.
A statement on the official Anzhi website read:
"Today FC Anji (Makhachkala) and FC Inter Milan have agreed on transfer of Italian club`s forward Samuel Eto`o to our club.
"Both parties are fully satisfied with the transfer fee. Football club Anji is thankful to FC Inter officials for taking competent and constructive position in the negotiations.
"The player is to pass medical checkup tomorrow after which he will sign three-year contract with Anji. On Thursday Samuel will join his new team preparing for the match vs. FC Rostov."
The former Barcelona striker, three times a Champions League winner, had scored 37 goals for Inter last term, helping the Nerazzurri to retain the Coppa Italia. The thirty year old has netted a total of 250 goals during a thirteen year club career at a rate of better than one every two games.
Eto'o is not the first big name signing to have joined Anzhi in recent months, Hungarian star Balasz Dzsudzsak putting pen to paper on a four year contract in June while Brazilian World Cup winner Roberto Carlos signed a two-and-a-half-year deal back in February, winger Yuri Zhirkov also transferring back to his home country from Chelsea.
Anzhi, from the Republic of Dagestan region of Russia, currently sit fourth in the Russian Premier League table, nine points off leaders CSKA Moscow with a further nine games to go in a season that runs from March to October.
No comments:
Post a Comment