The following is translated from an article published in the swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. Cant see it covered anywhere?
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Eto'o sent four SMS messages to Mark Hughes
Photo: Bildbyrån
Eto'o where desperate for a move to Premier League.
The former Barcelona player Samuel Eto'o really wanted to move to Manchester City. He wanted it so badly that he sent four SMS messages to Mark Hughes according to the british tabloid The Mirror.
The spanish journalist Guillem Balague is writing about the SMS messages between Eto'o and Hughes in his column in The Mirror. Balague come forward with the SMS conversation between the manager and player, despite that Eto'o in the end went to Inter.
Eto'o wanted more time.
Eto'o wanted Manchester City to prolong the deadline for the transfer according to the column in the Mirror. But Mark Hughes wasnt keen on doing that. Mark Hughes have earlier said that City blew off the transfer with the former Milan player Kaká when he took too long time to decide his future.
Jonatan Fast