In his latest take, which surfaced via a leaked video posted by Footballogue and obtained by Naijacrawl, the ex-Cameroon captain compared two of French football's most well-known strikers.

"I think Thierry Henry was not at the level of Anelka," he controversially claimed. "Titi was good, but I knew players... I preferred other players. In any case at my level, no."

It is important to note that Eto'o rarely featured during his time at Real Madrid with Anelka, spending the majority of his spell out on loan at the turn of the century. Comparatively, he spent two seasons playing alongside Henry at Barcelona.