In one of the biggest transfer deals of the summer, Russian club Anzhi completed the signing of Samuel Eto'o several days ago. The club paid Inter around 20 million pounds for his services, and he is now reputedly the highest earning footballer in the world, even though the owner of Anzhi strongly denies it.
I think this deal was both the most surprising and strange of the summer. Eto'o has obviously gone to Anzhi for the money. Even though he claims that he wants to be part of the project the Russian club is trying to do (i.e. become a top club). Eto'o is now 30, so you could say that he is probably on the way down rather than on the way up, even though he is still undoubtedly a top player.
The other thing that strikes me is that who would ever want to join Anzhi? They play their games in a remote part of Russia but are based in Moscow, requiring a long plane journey to get to their home ground every time they play a game. A LOT OF MONEY must be needed to convince players to join.
In my opinion, Eto'o is not worth what they paid for him, and, quite honestly, Anzhi might have been better off getting a top Russian player (e.g. Andrei Arshavin) rather than paying a foreigner a whole ton of money.
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