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Eto`o - Leaving Barca was not an option (24.06.2005)
Barcelona striker Samuel Eto`o claims he never considered leaving the Nou Camp despite having the chance to join English champions Chelsea.
The 24-year-old, currently in his native Cameroon, is expected to sign a new deal with the Catalan side on his return after snubbing an approach from Chelsea, who reportedly bid 70 million euros (£46.5million) for the player.
"It is what I have been told (about the offer) but the club was always with me and (president Joan) Laporta said he would not sell me, while I told him I would not go," Eto`o told Catalan daily Sport.
"I had an offer from Chelsea but it never entered my mind to go and the suggestion that I used this to my advantage in order to get a better contract here is a big lie."
Eto`o believes that Barcelona will
have to fight harder next season as the expectation on them will be higher and they will also be the side to beat in Spain.
"It is clear that now it will be tough because when you start to win titles then people always ask for more," he added.
"I hope that we will go out with the bit between out teeth and do well as we have a team which can do this. We have to be ambitious and not play within ourselves."
The Cameroon forward also denied that he fell out with coach Frank Rijkaard at the end of the season over team tactics.
"So that everyone knows, after the Real Sociedad match I gave a warm embrace to the coach," Eto`o said.
"The claims that I was angry have all been invented and I never had any problem, even though it appears as though some people wish I did."
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