Samuel Eto'o threatens legal action against Sampdoria over ongoing contract dispute

Cameroon's four-time African player of the year Samuel Eto'o is threatening to sue his former club Sampdoria over a lingering contract dispute.

The claims that when he joined the club in January 2015, after leaving Chelsea the summer before, there was a clause in his contract that the Serie A club would also sign fellow Cameroon international Fabrice Olinga, a product of Eto'o's youth academy. Something that did not come into fruition.

Eto'o said: 'I'm only asking that president Massimo Ferrero and his lawyer do the right thing.'

The 19-year-old Olinga currently plys his trade for Belgian club Royal Mouscron-Peruwelz on loan from Spanish side Malaga.

Eto'o spent only half a season with Sampdoria, and is now with Turkish side Antalyaspor. His lawyer Luca Tolentinto says they are still hoping to reach a settlement with Sampdoria.