Former Barcelona ahead admits he by no means deliberate to hitch the staff; was prepared for bench function at former membership

Former Barcelona and Manchester Metropolis striker Sergio Aguero has revealed that his first selection was to stay on the Premier League membership, however circumstances pressured him to search for options, which in the end led to his short-lived stint at Barça.

Aguero spent a decade at Manchester Metropolis, cementing his legacy as one of many membership’s greatest-ever gamers. Nevertheless, forward of the 2021 summer time switch window, Metropolis knowledgeable him that they might not be renewing his contract. 

Chatting with the Manchester Night Information (h/t MARCA), the Argentine admitted that he would have most well-liked to remain.

“I had a contract till 2021, and Manchester Metropolis informed me 5 – 6 months earlier than that they weren’t going to resume it. So I began on the lookout for a membership, and that’s what occurred,” he defined.

Needed to remain

Regardless of his want to stay in Manchester, Aguero understood the membership’s choice.

“Metropolis was my dwelling. I wished possibly another 12 months, even when that meant being on the bench,” he confessed. 

Sergio Aguero’s desire was to remain at Manchester Metropolis. (Picture by David Ramos/Getty Photos)

“However you need to perceive that the membership wanted adjustments. It was their choice, and I feel it was a superb one as a result of they wanted a alternative. Possibly staying instead wasn’t the most suitable choice for me both.”

Barcelona’s supply

Barcelona then emerged as a possible vacation spot, and Aguero was fast to just accept their method. 

“My agent known as me and mentioned that Barça was however couldn’t afford to match what Metropolis was paying me. I informed him, ‘I don’t care.’” 

Figuring out {that a} comparable wage wasn’t life like at his age, he instructed his agent to kind out the financials shortly, which helped speed up the deal.

A key motivation for Aguero’s transfer to Barcelona was the prospect to reunite along with his shut pal Lionel Messi. 

“When virtually every part was agreed upon, I informed Leo, and he was completely happy. However then every part occurred the best way it did,” he lamented, referring to Messi’s surprising departure from the membership.

Sadly, Aguero’s time at Barcelona was lower quick resulting from a coronary heart situation that pressured him into early retirement, stopping him from making the influence he had hoped for on the Catalan membership.