Samuel Eto’o once lent Marko Arnautovic his luxury Bentley for restaurant date… then it was stolen by fake valet

MARKO ARNAUTOVIC once borrowed Samuel Eto’o’s car – only for it to be stolen by a fake valet.

The pair were team-mates at Inter Milan at the time of the incident in 2010, with Arnautovic only on loan at the club.

Marko Arnautovic lost Samuel Eto’o’s car while playing for Inter MilanGetty

The striker’s Bentley cost £130,000EPA

Former Inter star Wesley Sneijder revealed the story

He had just broken through at Twente and was a fresh-faced 20-year-old in need of some luxury wheels to impress a date.

So he asked Eto’o for his £130,000 Bentley and the former Barcelona star was happy to oblige.

Wesley Sneijder, a team-mate of the pair at the San Siro and now a FedEx ambassador for the Uefa Champions League, recalled the story.

He told SunSport: “Marko Arnautovic, he was with us at Inter. And Samuel Eto’o as well, and he had a lot of amazing cars.

“One day Arnautovic said ‘listen I’m going to a restaurant can I borrow one of your cars?’

“And Eto’o said of course so he gave Arnautovic his Bentley, and he drove to the restaurant and gave the keys to a man standing outside.

“He went inside and after he came out the car was gone! He thought he handed the keys to a valet but there was no valet there!”

Arnautovic, 34, had a tumultuous spell at Inter where injury and discipline limited him to just three appearances.

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He clashed with Jose Mourinho and the Portuguese labelled him a child, comparing him with another Inter troublemaker Mario Balotelli.

The former West Ham and Stoke striker admitted he had issues while at the club, and did not help himself with his behaviour.

He said: “The problems with Mourinho started when I went out five times a week despite being injured. I tried to distract myself, but I did it the wrong way.”