MILAN: Inter Milan have nearly reached a deal to send Samuel Eto’o to Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala, a transfer that could make the Cameroon the highest paid footballer in the world.
Anzhi are expected to give Eto’o a three-year contract worth 20mil (US$29mil) per season, eclipsing the estimated 12mil (US$17.4mil) that Cristiano Ronaldo earns at Real Madrid and the 10.5mil (US$15.2mil) that Lionel Messi is paid by Barcelona.
Inter were negotiating with Anzhi officials in Milan for a transfer fee between 20 and 30mil (US$29 and US$43mil) for the 30-year-old Eto’o.
“We’re very close. We could close today, tomorrow or next week,” Anzhi representative German Tkachenko said late on Wednesday, according to the ANSA news agency.
Eto’o also met with Anzhi officials in Milan on Wednesday.
Anzhi, from the troubled southern Russian province of Dagestan, is owned by billionaire oil tycoon Suleiman Kerimov.
In Forbes magazine’s latest list of the world’s richest people, Kerimov’s net worth was estimated at US$7.8bil, tying him for 118th place with Silvio Berlusconi and family.
Berlusconi, Italy’s premier, is also president of AC Milan.
Anzhi’s captain is 38-year-old Roberto Carlos, once the standout leftback for Brazil.
The transfer fee would also make it one of the most expensive deals this season, near the 29mil (US$42mil) Barcelona paid Arsenal on Monday to bring Cesc Fabregas back to his boyhood club. — AP
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