Samuel Eto’o never lacked confidence. It’s one of the reasons that made him the player he was. But the Cameroonian showed that his ego is still as big as it’s ever been. He claims that Arsenal icon and his former Barcelona teammate Thierry Henry was “not on his level”.Henry is widely-viewed as one of the greatest players in Premier League history, but according to the president of the Cameroonian Football Federation, the Frenchman is well below his class.
Eto’o has now sensationally claimed he was a better player than Henry and insisted the French striker was not as impressive as his international teammate Nicholas Anelka.”I think he was not at the level of Nicolas Anelka. Thierry Henry was good, but I knew players. I preferred other players. In any case, he was not at my level. The luck or the bad luck that I had, was that I wasn’t French. Those who played in France had 70% more. It’s not because they were strong but because France sells them better. They sold them to us and brought them up to our level.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6767333##Henry scored 228 goals in 376 games for Arsenal, winning two Premier League titles and the FA Cup twice with the Gunners. He would eventually leave Arsenal to join Barcelona in 2007, where he linked up with Eto’o.At the time, the Cameroon international was one of the biggest stars at Nou Camp. Together they won a historic treble under Pep Guardiola’s guidance in the 2008/09 season, with Eto’o later leaving Barcelona for Inter Milan.