Multiple £500,000 bonuses for Barcelona`s Eto`o (15.08.2004)
New Barcelona signing Sammy Eto`o has landed a dream deal with his new club.
The Cameroon international`s transfer cost Barca a cool £16 million, which has been split between the previous owners of his registration - Real Mallorca and Real Madrid.
Eto`o has signed a four-year contract worth £2.2 million-a-season. Another £500,000 is due when he completes a certain number of games, with £500,000 also due if Barca qualify for the Champions League this season.
A £600,000 bonus waits when Eto`o helps Barca lift his first championship, with £500,000 arriving
for the second title.
Eto`o`s buyout clause has been set at £100 million - the same as Real Madrid superstar Ronaldo.
A delighted Barca president, Joan Gaspart, said yesterday: "With the signing of Eto`o we were able to improve the self-esteem and the pride of the Barcelonismo, because he ended up playing here after a very difficult period.
"The work of the lawyer Messalles has been decisive, and also I must make a special mention of the director Xavier Faus, one of the keys of the transfer. Finally we have prevailed. Barca can pay the amount of the transfer."
