Ajax Amsterdam coach Frank de Boer said he was hopeful the Dutch champions would offer Samuel Eto'o a contract after talks between the Cameroon international and the club last week. "If you can get a player with his qualities and he still has ambition to show what he can do, then it is an opportunity not to be missed," De Boer told Fox Sport television on Sunday ahead of his team's 4-1 win over Vitesse Arnhem in their opening game of the new Dutch season, according to Reuters. De Boer said he had received the suggestion from the club's technical director Marc Overmars via an SMS that said: "Eto'o?". "I texted him back: 'If you can get him, that would be top. As far as I'm concerned you can try'. He (Eto'o) has been in the game for 20 years so he can naturally take a leadership role. He can teach our own players about professional football," De Boer added.