Only he who has the courage to shoot can miss. Thank you for your courage great champion,” he wrote.Eto'o spent three years in Italy across two spells playing for Inter Milan where he won the treble under Jose Mourinho and had a short spell at Sampdoria in 2015.

Ademola Lookman, the Atalanta striker, has said comments made by Gian Piero Gasperini, his coach at the club, describing him as “one of the worst penalty takers” he had ever seen were “deeply disrespectful” and hurtful.