By all accounts, Barca striker Samuel Eto’o has quite an ego. This has caused clashes with his club and managers down the years and, in fact, Barcelona have been trying to sell him for a couple of seasons now.

The thing is: Eto’o seems reluctant to leave. He feels that Barcelona have messed him around - and he’s right. Rumours coming from Spain suggest that he will see out his contract, which ends in 12 months and then leave…for nothing.

Right now, Eto’o’s agent is making all the right noises about compromising if the club want to sell the player, but yesterday Eto’o himself was wanting a £13million ’signing-on’ fee to stay at Barca.

You’ve got to admire the cheek of the guy. But then again, he did score 36 goals last season and helped his side win the treble.

If Manchester City do land the player - and they’ve offered him a huge deal which will make him the world’s best paid player, they will have a proven striker with an ego to match.

Rumours that his ego and Robinho’s ego will get their own dressing rooms to make space for the rest of the players have yet to be confirmed.