Cameroon legend only joined the Blues at the start of the campaign.
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Veteran Chelsea front man Samuel Eto’o will quit the west London club at the end of the campaign to join Spanish outfit Real Mallorca, according to reports in the Metro.
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The experienced Cameroon international is understood to still be furious with the Blues’ head coach Jose Mourinho after the self-styled Special One was caught on camera questioning the striker’s real age in what he believed was an off-the-record conversation with a Swiss businessman.
Mourinho was heard to joke to the billionaire that: “The problem is I like a scorer. I have Eto’o but he is 32, maybe 35, who knows?”
Meanwhile, a former partner of Eto’o’s, Italian waitress Anna Barranca, then went on to claim that the attacker was actually 39 year old.
And now as a result, the player, who turned 33 earlier this month, has decided to leave Stamford Bridge when his one-year contract with the west Londoners runs out at the end of June.
The player then celebrated his birthday by tweeting this poignant message to his followers: “Dear All. Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes. It means the world to me. 33. Jesus Christ Age!”