While Suarez is clearly a great player and the best striker in the world if on form, I disagree regarding Eto'o.
Samuel Eto'o has been the best forward on the planet for years not only because of his hunger or physical skills, but also because he was class with his feet, an extremely smart and ductile player and, above all, a big game player; he was so sharp, so focused.
I believe that Suarez at his best (and still we have not seen this) is a better player than Eto'o (and this speaks volume of how really good Suarez could be) but I don't think that for now Suarez's name can be mentioned alongside Eto'o's in the same sentence, since Samuel proved so much in football; still, Luis has plenty of time left in order to catch that level, and for him and Barça I really hope he'll do that.
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Dude, you're talking about Suarez as if he's Kenny Miller. What do you mean "can't be mentioned in the same sentence as Eto'o?)" Well, sure only in "Barcelona lore" (and yes, the player who played there for
5 seasons...will obviously have a higher rate of success than a guy who just completed his 3rd month here).
Luis Suarez has an insane resume. In international football, you can't even compare Eto'o to Suarez. Suarez, at 28, is the top scorer of all-time for Uruguay (an iconic football nation with like 120 + years of history of the highest level). He won the last Copa America AND won 'player of the tournament', outplaying Neymar, Messi (the greatest player of all-time) and Falcao (
at their peaks, playing on superior sides). He basically became "Maradona reincarnated", carrying Liverpool for like 3 years, breaking record after record on his own. And, on top of being a World Cup semi finalist (as, honestly, one of the best players of the tournament. I remember him being awesome all tournament), and what he did vs. England at the last World Cup was ...actually insane. Like "Maradona" level of legendary. (And I'm Argentinian, so I don't use that lightly.) I've never seen Eto'o show that level of determination. In fact, Eto'o's World Cup performances have always been kind of duds. He like shrunk whenever Cameroon was being outplayed (his worse performance probably vs. Japan in 2010. I was really pulling for him.).
Eto'o? Well, the 2 African Cups are impressive. At the world cup though, his resume is actually pretty unimpressive:
- 2002: Completely ineffective. Scored 1 goal vs...Saudi Arabia.
- 2006: Did not qualify. (To be fair, Cameroon lost out to that decent Ivory Coast side).
- 2010: Eliminated Group Phase (a lucky goal vs. Denmark and penalty vs. Netherlands. Another weak performance.)
- 2014: Eliminated Group Phase (To be fair, he was way past his prime).
We all know how great Eto'o was. But Suarez no scrub (especially compared to Eto'o).
