Stratospheric' offer for Barca star

Barcelona's star striker Samuel Eto'o has been given a 'stratospheric offer' by Manchester City, the Barcelona president Joan Laporta has revealed

The 28 year old superstar from Cameroon has just one year left on his contract

And it has been rumoured that Eto'o will leave the European Champions this summer

Manchester City, the richest club in the world have been linked with every player going since the season ended

And they recently signed Roque Santa Cruz from Blackburn Rovers

However, City manager Mark Hughes appears to be far from finished with his summer spending spree

It appears that he is more determined than ever to add Eto'o to his squad

Laporta claims that City's offer would make him the highest paid player in the world

A deal that may even eclipse the recent one penned by Cristiano Ronaldo with Real Madrid

The Barcelona president claims that Eto'o wants to stay with the club

But he concedes that the offer may be too good for them to refuse

He also confirmed that if they lost Eto'o, they would have to seek a replacement for him

Interviewed on Catalan radio station iCat FM

He said ' Samuel Eto'o has received a stratospheric offer from City'

That would convert him into the highest paid player in the world'

It has started to become clear that he has this monster offer' he continued

Although he wants to stay, an offer like this is very hard to refuse'

He concluded by saying 'If Eto'o accepts this offer, we will have to bring someone else in'