Nahuel Lanzillotta
05/30/2021 8:19 PM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 05/30/2021 8:19 PM
Hall of honor.
Ovation.
Doublet.
Olympic lap.
Farewell tribute at the Etihad Stadium.
Ovation.
Portugal.
Champions League.
Defeat.
Cry of frustration and nostalgia for his final farewell to Manchester City, the club where he became a legend.
Return to England.
Trip to Barcelona and ... New life for Sergio Agüero.
The last days of
Kun
were a mixer in which the vertigo of the definitions of the competitions that the team led by
Pep
Guardiola
fought
, the emotions of his goodbye after a decade won on English soil and the negotiations for his future
were mixed
, that still persist. And he still has more laps to give in these hours to the forward who will turn 33 this Wednesday on the grounds of the Argentine National Team while waiting for Thursday's game with Chile in Santiago del Estero for the Qualifiers.
According to Spanish media,
Kun
arrived in Catalonia this Sunday to finish directing his arrival to Barcelona for his friend Lionel Messi, whose contract expires at the end of June and at the moment there are no details about his continuity.
Everything indicates that this Monday, first thing in the morning, Agüero will undergo a medical examination and
will he sign his contract?
Proud of the team and having worn this shirt for so many years.
Manchester City always in my heart 💙 // Proud of this team and to have worn its colors for so many years.
Manchester City, forever in my heart 💙 pic.twitter.com/NkmznA0Rq2
- Sergio Kun Aguero (@aguerosergiokun) May 30, 2021
Nobody is encouraged to ensure that after the checks there will be a signature and officialization.
One possibility is that the attacker immediately gets on the plane to Ezeiza and that once the Copa América is over, he will be formally presented to the culé team.
As
Clarín
learned
, it has been several days since
his move to Barcelona is very advanced in words
.
He arrives with the token in his possession when he is released from the City, so it was possible for the Catalan entity to incorporate him.
In addition,
Kun
accepted a considerable reduction in his salary: it is said that he will receive 55 percent less than what he received in Manchester.
Their link will be for two seasons, although there could be a clause to renew the second year tied to the fulfillment of objectives.
"Proud of the team and having worn this shirt for so many years. Manchester City always in my heart,"
Agüero wrote in his social networks as a farewell to the club in which he won 15 titles and became the top scorer in its history with 258 shouts in 385 games.
Beyond the freshness he manages, which always infects smiles, the former Independiente does not like too emotional goodbyes, who prefers to summarize everything in a few words to quickly focus on the next page of his successful career.
Discomfort: the kid Foden embraces a broken Kun Agüero after the defeat against Chelsea.
Photo: Reuters
You will thus leave the incredible view you had in your two-story duplex of the modern West Tower building, where you lived in the south of the center of Manchester. From there he could see, for example, the Estadio de los
Ciudadanos
, where there will now be a statue of him. And he will return to Spain, the country he stepped on when he left Avellaneda at just 18 years of age. At Atlético de Madrid he finished maturing as a player and won two titles: the Europa League and the European Super Cup.
Now Barcelona will be his new home. Will your friend
Leo be
your neighbor
? It would be strange that after so many threats, once they have the opportunity to meet at a club, Messi takes another destination. But, although the signing of
Kun
is a great wink, the Rosario already let the leadership of Joan Laporta know that that is not enough and that he intends an overcoming football project that has as its central objective to return to fight seriously in the Champions League.
For now,
Leo
and
Kun
will meet first in a few hours dressed in light blue and white.
It will mean the return of Agüero to the national team after more than a year.
His last presentation with the AFA shield had been on November 18, 2019 in a friendly against Uruguay played in the United Arab Emirates, a match in which he scored a goal.
Messi and Agüero will meet again in the National Team and then, will they be teammates in Barcelona?
Photo: Juano Tesone.
A meniscus operation on the left knee, muscle injuries and the contagion of coronavirus made up the combo that harmed him throughout 2020. Just as he lost ground in the City, he had to absent himself from the calls of Lionel Scaloni, who despite everything kept him always on your radar.
Now back in great shape, the Argentina coach chose to cite him again instead of Paulo Dybala, another who had an intermittent last season.
You know, Kun, that you will have to row it again to score again among the starters.
In his absence, Scaloni found offensive variants with different drawings to accompany Messi and Lautaro Martínez: Lucas Ocampos, Ángel Di María, Lucas Alario, Nicolás González and even Joaquín Correa proved to be up to the task when he had to enter.
And after that will go once again Sergio Agüero, who preferred to get out of the comfort zone to continue betting big.
And as he prepares for his new life in Barcelona, he will pursue one more dream with his country's jersey.
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