Eto'o has first-hand experience of Van Bommel's talent having played alongside the Dutchman at Barcelona, and warned the Bayern skipper could prove the difference at the Bernabeu.

"He's a leader, a great player. I've had the opportunity to meet great players throughout my career and he is a real champion," Eto'o told uefa.com.

"He has a great mentality - he's always positive. He's a warrior, he gives everything. He's a decisive weapon for his team."

Eto'o heads into the match bidding for his third win in a Champions League final after scoring in Barca's triumphs against Arsenal in 2006 and Manchester United 12 months ago.

Eto'o will become only the second player in the history of the competition to score in three different European Cup finals if he finds the target tomorrow night, but the Cameroon international is refusing to think in those terms ahead of kick-off.

Eto'o would join Real Madrid legend Alfredo di Stefano as the only players to achieve the feat but he said: "Those two finals were against English teams.

"This will be a new kind of experience - me at a different club, coming up against a great Bayern team. Let's wait and see."