Manchester City Football Club have made a ‘stratospheric’ bid for Samuel Eto’o.

The mega-rich Blues have been linked with the Cameroon international for much of the summer, and now Barcelona have confirmed a huge offer has been made to the player.

"Eto'o has a stratospheric offer from City, which would convert him into the best paid player in the world," president Joan Laporta told Catalan radio station iCat FM.

"It's starting to become clear that he has this monster offer. An offer like this is very difficult to refuse. If Eto'o accepts this stratospheric offer we will have to bring in someone."