Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero is set to announce his retirement from football this week. The now Barcelona forward experienced chest pains in a game on 30 October, he has not played since, and that game against Alaves looks set to have been his last.
❗ @aguerosergiokun will give a statement on his future from Camp Nou at 12pm CET on Wednesday December 15. The first-team football player will be joined by FC Barcelona president, Joan Laporta. pic.twitter.com/PcgpeuytCZ
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) December 14, 2021
The Argentine left Manchester following the end of last season, heading to Barcelona where he hoped he would be able to play with childhood friend, Leonel Messi. Unfortunately due to an ongoing financial crisis at the club, Messi would move on to Paris Saint Germain, and Aguero would not be registered for the first-team till over a month into the season.
He would go on to make just five appearances for the Blaugrana, scoring one goal, but it is back at the Etihad, where his legacy lies.
The now 33-year-old jumped on the scene in his native Argentina for Independiente, before Atletico Madrid scooped him up in 2006. In Madrid his rise would continue, becoming the clubs flagship striker alongside Diego Forlan, following the departure of Fernando Torres to Liverpool.
After winning a UEFA Europa League with Atletico, he would follow Torres to the Premier League, joining City as their club record signing.
Of course, the rest is history, with Aguero becoming a cult hero in Manchester. It started off with a 30-minute debut, where he scored twice and bagged an assist. In his first season in England, his team would go into the last game needing to win, to land their first ever Premier League trophy. What followed can be argued as the greatest moment in the league’s history, as the striker scored with the last kick of the game, to see the trophy turn sky blue.
Aguero would go on to score 260 goals for the club, convincing every manager that came through the doors, that he was irreplaceable. His final season in England was scuppered by injuries, but that didn’t stop him scoring twice in his last league game.
With his country, the player came agonisingly close to many accolades, finally winning a trophy in his penultimate game for Argentina, lifting the 2021 Copa America, with his friend, Messi.
Aguero 685 games and scored 386 goals in his club career, and added 101 international caps with 41 goals. He was a lethal finisher, who could elude any defence. Despite his career being cut short early, he will always remain a legend, in the sky blue.