England cricket star Freddie Flintoff is ready to help Manchester City complete the signing of Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o.

The Mirror says the Cameroon striker has already lined up a £2.5 million pad to live in.

Barcelona ace Eto'o is set to move into a Georgian style house in the plush village of Hale owned by cricket ace Flintoff, who is renting out the property for around £20,000-a-month - a fraction of Eto'o's £200,000-aweek wages.

Flintoff and his young family lived in the house for years but moved when he bought a superstar home in Mottram St Andrew, ironically on land once owned by City boss Mark Hughes.