5 amazing players sold by Pep Guardiola

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#4 Samuel Eto'o

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Still not good enough!

Samuel Eto'o is easily one of the best strikers to have worn the Barcelona jersey. He scored 94 goals in 147 games during his first 4 seasons at Camp Nou. However, Pep Guardiola was not impressed and wanted to replace him.

Eto'o managed to convince and got to play regularly for the Catalan side that season. He notched 36 goals in Pep's first season at the club but was still sold during the summer.

Tim Hanlon, the author of the Barcelona book ‘A Catalan Dream’, wrote: “Eto'o had been a key player for Barca, but at the same time there were divisions in the dressing room and Eto'o felt that he wasn't getting the praise he deserved,” says Hanlon. “He famously came out with the quote that if he was called Etodinho then he would have won the Ballon d’Or. Guardiola and Eto'o never had a particularly good relationship as Pep didn't like his outspoken personality, and that was the reason why he was sold.”

He was a part of the deal that saw Zlatan Ibrahimovic moving to Camp Nou and we all know how that went...

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