The Chelsea manager appeared to poke fun at
the Cameroon international's age earlier in the
season and the former Barcelona striker has
now slammed the Portuguese
Samuel Eto'o has labelled Jose Mourinho a
"fool" after the Chelsea boss questioned the
veracity of his official age earlier in the
season.
Mourinho was unwittingly caught on camera
lamenting the quality of the strikers at his
disposal at a sponsors' event in Switzerland in
February, and suggested that Eto'o could be
older than he claims to be.
The now-33-year-old appeared to react in jest
by celebrating his next Chelsea goal by holding
his back in false pain, aping the manner of a
geriatric.
However, Eto'o – who is now out of contract at
Stamford Bridge – has blasted Mourinho for
his comments, while also insisting that he can
continue playing at the highest level for the
foreseeable future.
"Today, I am 33 years old – and it is not
because a fool called me an old man that you
must believe it," the Cameroonian told
africanfootball.com.
"And you may have noticed that the old man
was better than the youngsters. Some believe I
am going to retire in the United States or in
the Middle East, but I have regained the joy of
the Champions League and I am going to carry
on playing in the Champions League.
"Where? I am not going to tell you."
Eto'o is set to feature at his fourth World Cup
for Cameroon next month, and the four-time
African Player of the Year feels he could go on
and break Lothar Matthaus' and Antonio
Carbajal's record of playing at five World Cups.
"I am going to carry on playing because
physically and mentally I feel great," he added.
"So I am going to go to this World Cup and to
the next one when I will be 37. Some did it at
42, so I can still play at two more World
Cups."
