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Eto'o gives team £30k watches	Tuesday 17 November, 2009

Inter striker Samuel Eto'o has given every member of the Cameroon squad a £30,000 watch after they qualified for next summer's World Cup in South Africa. The Indomitable Lions beat Morocco 2-0 at the weekend to make sure of qualification for their sixth World Cup. Eto'o scored nine goals in the qualifying campaign. It's not the first time, Eto'o has used his generous side to incentivize his team-mates. Four years ago, the 28-year-old promised the Cameroon squad $2,000 a piece if they beat the Ivory Coast. Cameroon won 3-2 in Abidjan and Eto'o paid out an astonishing $60,000. Eto'o is not shy of making a bet, as long as the proceeds go to charity. Three years ago, he did a deal with Ford whereby they would send an ambulance to Cameroon for every goal he scored above a certain quota. He is now in the process of recycling Europe's unwanted shoes, installing special bins in Spanish department store El Corte Ingles where people can donate them to charity.