{"id":339127,"date":"2025-12-09T14:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/339127\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T14:41:09","slug":"he-didnt-even-have-money-to-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/339127\/","title":{"rendered":"‘He didn’t even have money to eat’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Onana <\/a>Onana has been dropped from Cameroon’s squad for 2025 AFCON<\/p>\n

Samuel Eto\u2019o has firmly dismissed circulating rumors suggesting that Andr\u00e9 Onana paid to join the Samuel Eto\u2019o Foundation. <\/p>\n

In a report shared by African football journalist Micky Junior, the legendary Cameroonian striker, whose foundation has nurtured some of the country\u2019s top talents, revealed the allegations were completely false.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned that someone close to him claimed he paid to get into my foundation. That\u2019s false. He didn\u2019t have money to eat at the time, how could he have paid? He never paid anything. Those are lies,\u201d Eto\u2019o stated.<\/p>\n

Eto\u2019o emphasized that the foundation was created not for personal gain, but to cultivate a network of talented individuals dedicated to serving Cameroon. <\/p>\n

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\u201cI must emphasize that my actions were not motivated by the expectation of a reward. Instead, my intention was to create a network of individuals dedicated to serving our country, Cameroon, and it is gratifying to note that one of the world’s top talents, Andr\u00e9 Onana, emerged from this foundation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The relationship between Eto\u2019o and Onana has often been likened to a father-son bond, owing to the goalkeeper\u2019s early training at the Douala-based academy. <\/p>\n

However, it reportedly became strained following the controversy at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, when then Cameroon head coach Rigobert Song dropped Onana from the squad, citing indiscipline. <\/p>\n

Onana, however, has indicated that the full story behind his exclusion has never been publicly clarified.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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