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Cameroon captain Samuel Eto'o threatened to stay away from the World Cup, while Diego Maradona, another man who has endured a turbulent relationship with his national side, got a lively send-off as Argentina left for South Africa.

Eto'o, who helped Inter Milan to win the Champions League final last weekend, took umbrage at remarks by Cameroon's 1990 World Cup hero Roger Milla, who said the striker had done little for the national side.

"Is it worth me going to the World Cup?" Eto'o asked on French television channel Canal Plus Sport. "I still have a few days to think about it but I will see if my participation is important because I don't need this in my career."

Eto'o did not play in Cameroon's 1-1 draw with Slovakia in a friendly in the Austrian town of Klagenfurt on Saturday but he was later named in Paul Le Guen's final 23 for the tournamen