Rafa Benitez is being linked with a £12million summer move for Samuel Eto'o after the Barcelona striker refused to commit himself to the Nou Camp beyond a contract that runs out at the end of next season. According to reports by the Dailymail.co.uk the sale of Robbie Keane to his former club Tottenham in January has left Benitez with just youngster David N’Gog as cover for Torres, a situation the Spaniard knows he must remedy if Liverpool are to keep pace with Manchester United and Chelsea.
Eto’o has insisted he would like to stay a Camp Nou until his contract runs out in the summer of 2010 and while Benitez would be prepared to wait to land one of Europe’s best strikers on a free transfer, it is thought he may try to exploit the uncertainty surrounding his future to land his man sooner.
