One of Samuel Eto'o's defining characteristics is that he is not the kind of footballer who is willing to bite his tongue. This time the Cameroonian took a head-on swipe at his former coach at Barcelona, Pep Guardiola. The current Chelsea player criticised him in an interview with 'BeIN Sports', assuring that "he was never a great player".

The centre forward did not hold back when it came to talking about his rocky relationship with the current Bayern Munich manager. "When he arrived, I reminded Guardiola that he'd never been a great player. I told him in no uncertain terms that Eto'o was the one who would make him win."

Eto'o, who was visibly upset, continued with his tirade. "I did a lot for the club. Guardiola was unlucky enough to have to play me for twenty minutes against Chivas and I scored three goals. From then on, he never had the courage to say things to my face. I didn't want to talk to him until he apologised to me."

The Cameroon player would not accept that a midfielder wanted to give him

lessons on how to play up front. "I told him ten times, and explained it to him at length. Pep wanted to give me lessons on how to be a striker when he was a midfielder. I said to him, 'You're not normal, are you?' The true story is that Pep never respected these things in the world of football."