Eto'o two weeks away from Barcelona
return?
YAOUNDE, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o, sidelined
since September with a knee injury, pledged he would return to his
Spanish club Barcelona at the end of next week and was determined
to be the leading scorer in Spain this season.
'What I want, I'm looking forward to, is this famous Sunday of
January 14 when I will put on the Barca jersey again,' he told a
media conference in Cameroon's capital Yaounde late on
Thursday.
'I had wanted to resume duty with the Indomitable Lions (Cameroon's
national team) but I can't afford to wait until March,' he said.
Cameroon are scheduled to play their next African Nations Cup
qualifying game against Liberia in March.
Eto'o injured his right knee during Barcelona's Champions League
match against Werder Bremen last September.
A Barcelona doctor initially estimated the injury would keep him
out for two to three months but after an operation he extended the
estimate to five months.
Eto'o said: 'I am determined to be the leading scorer this season
in Spain. The gap between me and others is not much. With hard
work, personal sacrifice, I can catch up. I will catch up.'
He has four league goals, 10 behind leader Frederic Kanoute of
Sevilla.
Eto'o was voted African Footballer of the Year three times in a row
and is in line for an unprecedented fourth successive award after
being named as a finalist for 2006.
