Eto’o denies helping to fix matches in country’s second tierEx-striker has been Cameroon FA president since December 2021
Police in Cameroon have opened an investigation into claims that Samuel Eto’o was part of a match-fixing scandal.
The former Barcelona striker, who has been president of the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) since December 2021, was accused of helping to fix matches in Cameroon’s second tier in June after a recording of him speaking to someone alleged to be Valentine Nkwain, the president of Victoria United and known as ‘Bobiddyil’, was made public. According to Camfoot, Eto’o allegedly promised to promote the club from the second division by manipulating matches – a claim denied by the former striker and by Nkwain, who has said it was not his voice on the recording.
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