Why Chelsea should sign Samuel Eto'o and not Wayne Rooney

Would let Lukaku flourish

Romelu Lukaku will develop better with Samuel Eto’o

In Romelu Lukaku, Chelsea have one of the best young strikers in Europe. However, the youngster is not yet ready to lead the line-up on a regular basis. He will start a few games and will most definitely get his fair share of appearances, but it’s naive to expect him to lead the line-up just yet because he’s not yet fully developed as a player.

Eto’o is currently 32 years of age and will have at most, two good years left in him. In these two years, Lukaku can develop key aspects of his game and will no doubt be ready to lead the line once Eto’o retires. In this case, Eto’o would be the perfect stop-gap signing.