This summer, fate somehow conspired to bring them closer together than they could ever have imagined....
In the biggest swap deal in football history, Inter and Barca persuaded the two strikers to switch clubs and quite literally fill each others boots. Then, as if the debate about which of the two clubs had got the better deal wasn't ubiquitous enough, the Blaugrana and the Beneamata were thrown together in the group stages of this seasons' Champions League.
So who has benefited most from this most intriguing superstar exchange? At the moment it really is too early to say. Both players have made decent starts to the season with their new clubs, with Eto'o scoring two goals in three Serie A games for Inter and 'Ibra' hitting two in two in La Liga. They have both done well, without exactly setting their stadiums on fire.
But there can be little doubt that it is Eto'o who has the most to prove when the two teams meet on Wednesday in the San Siro.
For a start, the Cameroon international didn't want to leave Barca in the first place and doesn't really have any idea why the club let him go.
“Since the moment I joined Barcelona and since my very first game for them, I did all I could to do the job asked of me,” Eto’o explained to Catalunya Radio on the eve of the game.
"For me, last season was a good year, as we all worked together for the good of Barcelona."
You have to admit that he does have a point.
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| Samuel ETO'O Internazionale / Cameroon | Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC FC Barcelona / Sweden |
| Age: 28 | 27: Age |
| League goals 2008-09: 30 | 25: League goals 2008-09 |
| League minutes per goal: 99.5 | 130.8: League minutes per goal |
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