Samuel Eto’o: Paris Saint-Germain are a better team now Zlatan Ibrahimovic has joined Manchester United
Former Chelsea forward reckons the Ligue 1 side, who he supports, are stronger now they no longer rely on Swedish star
SAMUEL ETO'O has sensationally claimed Paris Saint-Germain are better off without Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The Swede star, 35, won the Ligue 1 title in all four seasons in the French capital.
Yet Cameroonian ace Eto'o reckons the team are better off since he joined Manchester United on a free in the summer.
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Former Chelsea striker Eto'o - who now plays for Turkish side Antalyaspor - said: "PSG had a very good team.
"There were actually two teams. 'Paris-Ibra' and Paris without Ibra.
"He is a great player I'm not calling this into question.
"But it's true that in the Champions League, during difficult games, we were relying on Ibra too much.
"So when he wouldn't show up, we would lose basically. But now PSG have a better team, they play as a team.
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"And that's the most important if you want to win the Champions League."
Eto'o who was Jose Mourinho's choice as replacement for Ibrahimovic at Inter Milan back in 2009 went on to say that despite the improvement, PSG still need a quality striker such as Karim Benzema.
He added: "They are not very good in the league but yes they are very lucky.
"I have great respect for [Edinson] Cavani but I prefer Benzema.
"Benzema is my type of striker. I prefer attackers who are involved in the game... that are not only there to score goals set them up too."
