He was given the green light by team doctors last Tuesday and can therefore play the last four matches of 2007.
Barcelona`s Cameroon striker Samuel Eto`o is back in training after three months out injured.
It is expected he will return to full action in two weeks time. The prolific Cameroon forward, who was the Spanish first division`s top scorer two seasons ago, played only one league game this season before rupturing a tendon in a friendly match against Inter Milan in August.
It is the second long-term injury that the 26-year-old former African Player of the Year has suffered since moving to Barcelona three seasons ago.
Last season, Eto`o was out for four months with a knee injury. Some pundits believe his absence was instrumental in Barca having to relinquish the La Liga title they had won for the previous two years. He was also a
goalscorer in Barca`s 2-1 win over Arsenal in the 2006 European Champions League final. In Eto`o`s absence, Argentine striker Lionel Messi has taken over the role of being Barca`s principal goal getter.
Eto`o`s return is also a huge boost for the Cameroon team ahead of Africa Cup of Nations early next year. Eto`o was unveiled on Friday as the face of the 2010 World Cup. An image of the former African Player of the Year about to head a football, his face and neck superimposed on a map of Africa, will form the centrepiece of the publicity campaign before the tournament kicks off in South Africa on June 11, 2010. Despite his injury, Eto’o was short listed among the nominees for the BBC African footballer of the year award alongside Michael Essien of Ghana, his Chelsea colleague Didier Drogba and Arsenal`s Emmanuel Adebayor and the Spain-based Mali striker, Frederic Kanoute of Sevilla football club.
