Eto'o Contract Uncertainty

Barcelona are holding internal talks this month regarding their plans for next season and it appears contract renewals are at the top of the agenda.

Talks will be held with Victor Valdes, Rafael Marquez and Carles Puyol to ensure long term deals can be arranged, however contract issues surrounding Eto'o are becoming a matter of priority.

The Barcelona hot shot is under contract until 2010 but Barcelona are not prepared to let that run down and to see him leave on a free transfer. Eto’o, however, is in no rush to renew his contract at this stage.

"If Laporta and Begiristain asked me to sit down and negotiate now, I would ask them not to distract me and that we can wait until the summer," Eto'o told La Vanguardia.

Barcelona could be prepared to cash in on Eto'o given his reluctance to talk, his expected wage demands and the fact that he will almost certainly be at the African Cup of Nations for six weeks of next season.