{{Samuel Eto’o has described Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho as a “fool” for questioning his age and vowed to play on at the highest level for some time to come.}}<\/p>\n
Mourinho, who was also Eto’o’s manager at Inter Milan, was caught on camera making unguarded comments suggesting the Cameroon striker was older than his official age earlier this season.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old, in line to feature in his fourth World Cup this summer, responded by celebrating his next Chelsea goal as if he was a geriatric.<\/p>\n
Now Eto’o, who is out of contract this summer after scoring 12 Chelsea goals, plans to continue to ply his trade in one of Europe’s top leagues.<\/p>\n
Eto’o told africanfootball.com: “Thanks for informing me that it will be my last World Cup.<\/p>\n
“Today, I am 33-years-old. And it is not because a fool called me an old man that you must believe it.<\/p>\n
“And you may have noticed that the old man was better than the youngsters.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
“But I am going to carry on playing because physically and mentally I feel great.<\/p>\n
“So I am going to go to this World Cup and to the next one when I will be 37.<\/p>\n
“Some did it at 42, so I can still play in two more World Cups.”<\/p>\n
Following Chelsea’s final game of the season at Cardiff, Mourinho suggested Eto’o would depart this summer, at the end of his one-season deal.<\/p>\n
The Chelsea boss will wait until pre-season before determining the futures of his loan stars.<\/p>\n
Mourinho presented his end-of-season report to the Chelsea hierarchy on Monday, detailing his thoughts on all matters relating to the first-team squad.<\/p>\n
Definitive decisions on goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, striker Romelu Lukaku and the others who spent time away from Chelsea this season will wait until after training resumes on July 8.<\/p>\n
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