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Samuel Eto’o<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Barcelona\u00a0legend Samuel Eto\u2019o has been accused of match-fixing in Cameroon.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Camfoot,\u00a0Eto\u2019o, who is the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation (Fecafoot), allegedly promised to promote second-division club Victoria United by manipulating matches.<\/p>\n

Victoria United ended up getting promoted, with the federation ruling that the previous season\u2019s runner-up Stade de Bertoua was ineligible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Recordings reportedly emerged in which Eto\u2019o told Victoria\u2019s president Valentine Gwain, that he would help the team get promoted by manipulating referees.<\/p>\n

Eto\u2019o said: \u2018There are things we can do, but you have to be very discreet, brother.<\/p>\n

\u2018I haven\u2019t even had time to get home yet. I\u2019m out, bro. I haven\u2019t had time to get home and work with the president (of the Cameroonian Referee\u2019s Association) because I can\u2019t call the refs directly and tell them to be careful. But I can work with the president.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n

The conversation is said to have happened after Victoria lost 1-0 in December 2022, with Gwain interrupting the game to complain about the officiating.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eto\u2019o was reportedly heard saying:\u00a0\u2018Opopo (Victoria United\u2019s nickname) must go up to the first division. This is our goal (\u2026) This is our Federation. Victoria United will go up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Stay calm, we will grant you the three points and we suspend the referee. But let me at least go back to Cameroon. He arrived on the 3rd (January) at night. So we\u2019ll see you in the office on the 4th. Anyway, I\u2019m going to rule out and disqualify this referee\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Eto\u2019o went on to explain the importance of having a good relationship with the president of the league.<\/p>\n

He said: \u2018He has the power. From there, he with his commissions will be able to suspend even the president of the referees.<\/p>\n

\u2018Our club, Opopo, must go up to the first division, that is our objective.\u2019<\/p>\n

Eto\u2019o, who also played for Inter Milan and Chelsea, scored 56 goals in 114 caps for Cameroon.<\/p>\n

He was elected as the president of Fecafoot in December 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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