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Benzema only an option if Eto'o doesn't renew
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Editor at Friday, 21 November 2008
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Madrid sports tabloid Marca claims that Barcelona is interested in signing Olympique Lyon forward and French international Karim Benzema (20) next summer (read more here).
A transfer of the French striker is nevertheless only an option if the contract of Barcelona forward and Cameroonian international Samuel Eto'o (27) couldn't be renewed.
Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola would think that both players are candidates for the centre forward position and cannot play together, while the club isn't willing to spend a huge transfer fee to let one of the two forwards sit on the bench.
Barcelona plans to offer Eto'o a renewal later in the season but the negotiations on the contract extension will not be started this year (read more here). The current contract of Eto'o expires in the summer of 2010.
Read more:
Barcelona proposes Eto'o-Benzema swap