LIVING IN PARADISE: Chelsea legend Samuel Eto'o buys £18.5m villa in Italy he spent his entire football career trying to get

According to reports, Eto'o bought the £18.5 million Italian property even though the locals told him it was cursed by Tutankhamun.

The historic property near Genoa in Portofino, northern Italy, has been purchased by the Cameroonian football player.

Lord Carnarvon, a notable figure connected to the "Curse of the Pharaoh" spell, was the previous owner of Villa Altachiara.

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The tomb of the ancient Egyptian king Tutankhamun was found on February 16, 1923, and Lord Carnarvon and the famous English archaeologist Howard Carter were the first to enter the "cursed" burial site.

Interestingly, over a twelve-year period, eight of the 58 people who attended the opening of Tutankhamun's long-lost mausoleum died.