Daniel Avellaneda
03/29/2021 8:40 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 03/29/2021 8:40 PM
Sergio Agüero says goodbye to Manchester City as everything happens now, through social networks.
Almost simultaneously with the club that glorified him in England, he announces that his ten-year contractual tie will come to an end in June.
The affective bond, on the other hand, will be eternal.
Because
Kun
came to England
with a scoring resume, full of expectations, but without the pretense of legend.
Today,
that kid who gave the cry that half the city waited for 44 years
, that unforgettable goal against QPR, will leave between applause and bronze.
The idea is for him to say goodbye in a match with an audience - before Everton at the Etihad Stadium, the scene of his exploits - and sculpt a statue for him.
We won't have to wait until the middle of the year for Agüero, who will turn 33 on June 2, to become the star
of the summer market
.
And perhaps at the age of Christ he will have the pleasure of playing with whom many consider the God of football, the same one who for
Kun
is neither more nor less than a good friend.
It's over there.
Pep Guardiola seems to indicate the exit door to Agüero.
It came as a simple reinforcement, it leaves as a legend.
It will be impossible not to relate this departure of the forward with Lionel Messi.
Regardless of whether the decision to leave Manchester City was by mutual agreement.
In short, Pep Guardiola had already warned him on March 1, when he returned to the courts against West Ham: “He knows it from day one, those who play deserve to play.
It is not just for Sergio, it is for everyone.
I try to make fair decisions.
Sergio has been injured for a year.
It is a long time
”.
A left knee injury against Burnley, 20 days after turning 32, left him inactive for 4 months.
He came back and resented it.
Later, he caught Covid-19.
In the midst of his absence, and while the player could be seen through
Twitch
, a streaming channel, rumors of a transfer grew.
Sergio Agüero with the Barcelona shirt.
The game that "Mundo Deportivo" proposes.
Can you share the poster with Messi at Barcelona?
In Catalonia, journalism speculates that it may be a good hook to tempt Leo to continue wearing the Blaugrana shirt.
Joan Laporta, the president-elect, has already said that he will do everything in his power so that the Rosario star continues to choose the club in which he conquered all the titles and records he had and to have.
Agüero, regardless of the fate and the decision that Messi makes,
is also on the radar of PSG
- led by Mauricio Pochettino -
and Juventus
.
They are the most economically powerful clubs in Europe.
And if it is not clear what will happen to Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo,
Kun
appears as a tempting figure.
In Independiente they were also excited.
Especially since the coach is Julio César Falcioni, the same one who promoted the forward in his first cycle, in the 2005/2006 season.
Of course, as much as the beating of the red hearts accelerates, everyone knows that it is an unattainable dream.
But get together again!
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- InfiernoRojo.com (@InfiernoRojo) March 29, 2021
“When a cycle is closed, you have many sensations.
I am left with the enormous satisfaction and pride of having spent ten seasons at Manchester City, something unusual in these times for a professional player ”, Agüero stated on his social networks.
"Ten seasons with very important achievements, in which I was also able to become the historical scorer and in which I forged an indestructible bond with all the people of the club that I will always carry in my heart," he
added.
In a truly winning decade, Kun became the top scorer in the history of the
Citizens
with
257 goals in 384 games.
In November 2017, against Napoli for the Champions League, he beat Eric Brook.
The Mexborough, Yorkshire-born attacker scored 177 goals between 1928 and 1939. It took 494 games to reach that mark.
The Argentine only required 264 presentations.
Agüero is not only the striker who scored the most goals with the Manchester City jersey;
Furthermore, he is
the top foreign scorer in the Premier League.
On January 20 of last year, in the win (6 to 1) over Aston Villa, he beat the record of Thierry Henry.
The Frenchman had scored 175 goals in 288 games for Arsenal in the 2000s.
He is also among the top four shouting players in the English League, behind the unreachable Alan Shearer (260 goals), Wayne Rooney (208) and Andy Cole (187).
Perhaps he can say goodbye on the podium if he manages to pass the line of the Nottingham-born attacker who played for Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle, among others.
Or will it remain in England?
There were polls from several Premier League clubs, but the only calls that his representation agency received, according to
Clarín
, came from Spain and France.
Will Barcelona and PSG dispute it?
"I had to arrive in 2011 in a stage of reconstruction and together with the vision of the owners and the contribution of different players we managed to place it at the top, among the most important in the world", reads one of the paragraphs of his farewell letter .
And it's true: with
Kun
from Atlético de Madrid, Manchester City was invigorated to the point of becoming an unbeatable team that won 13 titles.
He lacked fulfillment of the Champions dream
, although perhaps he will achieve it in this edition, before leaving.
He will be missed by the fans of the city club, who adore that Argentine who overthrew the prejudices of a delirious war conflict.
They will enjoy their latest cartridges on TV, hoping that the pandemic will allow them to break their palms to say
"thank you."