Barca´s Eto´o not fully recovered from knee injury

5 April 2007 12:42

Barcelona striker Samuel Eto´o, seen here in March 2007, says he has not fully recovered from a knee injury he sustained in September which sidelined him for four months.

MADRID (AFP) - Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o says he has not fully recovered from a knee injury he sustained in September which sidelined him for four months.

"The injury is still there. It is improving but I am still not at 100 percent.

"The truth is that we are very far from seeing the best Eto'o," the Cameroon international told Thursday's Spanish sports newspaper Marca.

Eto'o underwent surgery shortly after he ruptured the meniscus in his right knee during Barcelona's Champions League match against Werder Bremen on September 27, 2006.

He returned to the pitch at the beginning of February, sooner than initially predicted by Barcelona's medical staff, and has scored four times since his comeback.

Eto'o, a three-time African Footballer of the Year, was the top scorer in the Spanish league alst season with 26 goals.