Anzhi Makhachkala striker Samuel Eto’o is likely to leave the Russian club in the coming weeks and is being linked with a surprise move back to Serie A with Rafa Benitez’s Napoli.

The 32-year-old Cameroon international is on the lookout for a new team after Anzhi’s patron Suleyman Kerimov decided to half the Dagestan club’s budget and offload players to trim costs ahead of the new season.

According to SkySports Italia, the Azzurri are looking to take full advantage of the situation and there was a a face to face meeting on Thursday between the player’s entourage and Napoli officials to see if there could be any room for negotiations in what would be an extremely complex deal.

Eto’o earns a staggering €20 million a year after tax at his current club Anzhi with one year left on his contract.

While the Partenopei are prepared to offer Eto’o a three year deal worth €5 million a season, it would represent a huge drop in wages for the former Barcelona star.

It remains to be seen whether or not the ex-Real Madrid and Inter forward would accept such an offer. However his transfer fee would be much less problematic with Russian club Anzhi reportedly likely to let him leave for an offer in the region of €15 million.

Douala native Eto’o moved to Russia with Anzhi in 2011 from Inter, and has scored 36 goals in 71 appearances for the club.