Hunted by several rumours with the recent being a secret affair with famous bald blonde model Amber Rose, Everton striker Samuel Eto’o Fils wrote on his social media platform on Tuesday that life is full of challenges but said ugly situations should never prevent us from putting on a smile.

The comment, “No Matter what happens in life, nothing should ever stop you from smiling,” Eto’o posted on his official Facebook handle was accompanied with a picture of him brandishing a smile. According to him, we should never stop smiling “simply...because...life is beautiful!!”

Eto’o’s post comes on the wake of media reports that his car was spotted outside Amber's London Hotel around 4:00am Sunday morning after both parties were together all night. After a night out on the town of London, newly-single Amber Rose was spotted leaving Chinawhite nightclub shortly after footballer Samuel Eto'o in the early hours of Sunday morning.

MailOnline quoted a source as saying that Amber, who recently announced her split from rapper husband Wiz Khalifa, departed the West End hot-spot moments after the Everton FC footballer at 3:30 am, adding that the sportsman's car was then spotted outside her London hotel before 4 am, prior to the statuesque skinhead's arrival.

“Samuel, happily married to childhood sweetheart Georgette, attempted to go incognito, wearing a black leather cap pulled down over his eyes as he stepped out in a brown coat over a black top, teamed with jeans and a black trainers,” MailOnline reported.

As it stands, nothing has been confirmed yet. But as a reminder, the former Cameroonian international appeared in the recent past to be happily engaged to his long time Ivorian girlfriend and mother of his children, Georgette.

This rumour of a secret affair with Amber sounds a little confusing but time will tell.