Former Inter defender Marco Materazzi payed tribute to Samuel Eto’o on his official Instagram account after the Cameroonian striker announced his retirement yesterday.
Materazzi said: “Congratulations on your great and successful career! Good luck for your future.”
He then added a statement that Eto’o said about him: “If I arrived at Inter because of a message from Materazzi? Yes, it’s true, and I take the opportunity to thank Marco, because even if I didn’t know him when I was in Cameroon, I received a message signed by Marco Materazzi.”
“We didn’t know each other. I called Albertini, I played with him at Barcelona, I said ‘I got a message from a person called Materazzi, can you check that it’s him?’. Five minutes later I got confirmation. If I played for Inter it was thanks to Marco Materazzi. Thank you brother!!!”