Eto'o: "The leaders of the FCF want to kill me"

In a recent interview Samuel Eto'o accused the Cameroonian Football Federation (FCF) of "wanting to kill him" following his claims last year of mismanagement in football in his homeland.

In a two-hour video interview published online by the Cameroonian magazine 'Je Wande' and broadcast on local television, the Anzhi striker claims he received "death threats" from the FCF. "The leaders of the FCF want to attack my life, they want to kill me," said the former Mallorca player.

"I live with a group of gendarmes and one sleeping in front of my door. I do this not out of snobbery, but for my own safety." said Eto'o. "I cannot put the team jerseys on, I get mine directly from Puma,".

"I don't eat with my teammates to avoid being poisoned", he said, describing the Cameroonian football officials as "incompetent" and "corrupt" and demanding their resignation.

Until recently one of the leading African football teams,Cameroon has missed two straight editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. Eto'o - currently in South Africa to attend the final -, refused to play in Cameroon’s last friendly against Tanzania. The ‘Indomitable Lions' lost 1-0 against their lowly rival.

The interview was done in 'camfranglais', a dialect that, as its name suggests, mixes French, English and Cameroonian expressions from the slums of the big cities where Eto'o himself grew up.