An African diamond
Just a final note that Samuel Eto'o sacking his agent and informing FC Barcelona that he never wanted to sue them for a part of his transfer value to Inter Milan (claiming that his agent had been the one driving the action) is not the only good piece of news for the Catalan club. The Samuel Eto'o foundation in Cameroon, partly funded by Barca, has social, medical and educational aims. But it's also a football campus. Already it has provided three players who are performing in the youth version of the Champions League (called the NextGen Series) in which Spurs, PSV, Inter Milan, Marseille and Barca all compete.
Defenders Vivaldi Leonid Bakoyock and Frank Bagnack are playing at a high level for their age, but Jean Marie Dongou, a born goal scorer, is a striker who I warn you here and now is absolutely off the scale. "His potential is limitless," his European Cup-winning coach, Oscar Garcia, told me the other day. So now, dear ESPN readers, I have to say that you must jot the name down and watch his progress. Jean Marie Dongou is a footballer who, if not struck by bad luck, is going to become one of the world's greatest, most dangerous and most thrilling strikers over the next 15 years.
by Bumper Graham @ESPN