Olympique Marseille are the only French club to have registered their interest in signing Samuel Eto`o after striker was offered to several Ligue 1 clubs this summer.
Barcelona are keen to off-load the Cameroonian international and alerted clubs in England and Italy of his availability, as well as selected teams i other European leagues, according to Sport.
Paris Saint-Germain and Monaco immediately ruled out a move due to the asking price and the player`s personal demands, a subject that has also deterred several English
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Marseille know that the they would have a task to persuade him to join them, but they are in the Champions League qualifiers like Barça.
One stumbling block, however, could be the Blaugrana`s asking price of around €40m which is a figure that is out of reach of nearly every French top flight side.
Then there is the matter of Eto`o`s €4m-per-year basic wage demands, a sum that no Ligue 1 club has ever agreed to pay a player, but l`OM are working on a package.
Eto`o has stated on more than one occasion that his first choice would be to stay at Barça and he plans to hold talks with new coach Pep Guardiola when he returns from holiday.
