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Media Stunned As Eto'o Blasts Ronaldinho, Rijkaard

In a rather surprising - yet not completely unexpected - turn of events, Barcelona forward Samuel Eto'o has hit out against Frank Rijkaard for telling the press that he did not want to play, and also at teammater Ronaldinho for suggesting he should think more about the team.


It was a monologue of sorts in front of a tongue-tied - but hastily scribbling - media, as the Cameroon international went about speaking of the substitution that never happened on Sunday.

While a response had been expected, the sheer ferocity of the attack has caught people by surprise.

"It was a bad thing to come out and say in a press conference that I did not want to play," said Eto'o, starting with Rijkaard.

"It is those who said I did not want to play that must answer you," continued the belligerent forward. "Those who spoke should be worried."

He then went on to train his guns on Ronaldinho: "If a teammate tells me that I should think about the team, then he must first. Everything I do is while thinking about the team. That is why it has upset me so much.

"If they can, they should say it to my face."

He then suggested that there might still be groupism at Barcelona, and that as a result, certain people [Ronaldinho?] could be unhappy with his return.

"At Barcelona, there are two groups, one of the president, and another of someone else [Rossel? Rijkaard?] and they are the ones uphappy now that I have returned.

"I have no problems at all. This is not my war. It is between two other people but I am being used.

"I have listened to everything, and all I will say is that I will return to score goals."

Samuel Eto'o is known to be a player signed more at the behest of club president Joan Laporta. It is widely known that both Sandro Rossell and Rijkaard had other preferences despite themselves differing on a lot, and the Cameroon international has suggested that it might still be playing a role at the Camp Nou. Ronaldinho's relationship with Rossel has also been tossed back onto the debating table in one stinging attack.

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We have 4 super-class forwards, we don't need more, not for next season at least. What we really need to work for is defense and midfield a bit.

4??

OK now I may not like Inzaghi but I guess I'm not the only one who thinks he's not super class (at least not now). Gilardino and Oliveira are good but if you call that supper-class then what was Sheva!??

Ronaldo only can be called a "supper-class" forward and but he's had his best days a long time ago.

Maybe if we work on the defence and midfield our forwards will be enough of an attacking force (I don't believe that's the case myself...) but in any case they are not supper-class, not all of them for sure!!

[X-Offender]

4??

OK now I may not like Inzaghi but I guess I'm not the only one who thinks he's not super class (at least not now). Gilardino and Oliveira are good but if you call that supper-class then what was Sheva!??

Ronaldo only can be called a "supper-class" forward and but he's had his best days a long time ago.

Maybe if we work on the defence and midfield our forwards will be enough of an attacking force (I don't believe that's the case myself...) but in any case they are not supper-class, not all of them for sure!!

You can think whatever you like, for me they're four amazing strikers and we don't need any addition in attack like we need in the other sections of the field.

[LaPalma]

You can think whatever you like, for me they're four amazing strikers and we don't need any addition in attack like we need in the other sections of the field.

Well Gila, Pippo and the fat one are definetely amazing strikers...but not Oli....he's just an expensive mediocre player...

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Well Gila, Pippo and the fat one are definetely amazing strikers...but not Oli....he's just an expensive mediocre player...

What? Have you seen his last matches? Oli is far from mediocre. I'm sure a lot of people here would disagree with you.

[KillerMax]

What? Have you seen his last matches? Oli is far from mediocre. I'm sure a lot of people here would disagree with you.

Like me.


Anyways, I'm pretty sure Berlusconi and Carletto want to get rid of Oliveira and bring in someone else. Maybe They will do a swap, plus a lot of cash with Barca for R10.