00:00Cameroon's football chief Samuel Eto'o has rejected embezzlement allegations calling the claims a smear campaign against him.
00:08Eto'o is facing allegations of a more than 560,000 euros in payment reportedly made by Russia after a
00:15fairly match between the two countries in October 2023.
00:19According to the Times, the man was transferred to a personal account belonging to Eto'o, who is also president
00:24of the Cameroon's Football Federation.
00:26Former Federation officials say they cannot find accounting or a banking record showing that the funds were later transferred to
00:33the Federation.
00:34Eto'o accuses critiques of repeating the same talking points through journalists he described as being aligned with them.
00:40Eto'o say the attacks illustrated what he called the campaign he has been denouncing.
00:45The officials reportedly referred the murder to FIFA's ethics committee more than a year ago, but say they have received
00:52no response.
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