After ten years at Manchester City, Sergio Agüero (33) has had a hectic summer. Left free of any contract, the Argentine striker had joined Lionel Messi at FC Barcelona, a club with which he signed until 2023. In Catalonia, the ex-Citizen thought to taste again the joys of LaLiga while playing with his friend Messi. Then everything happened.
Agüero learned that La Pulga would sign at Paris Saint-Germain, rumors of his early departure circulated and Barca then announced that their new striker would be unavailable for ten weeks (until November). As a starting point in Barcelona, there are better. Asked by the Catalan media RAC1, the international albiceleste (101 caps, 42 goals) returned to his first hectic weeks. Starting with the rumors of departure that touched him.
“I didn’t understand why they said I was going to go away. When I signed, Leo (Messi) had not signed (his extension). It was done and then that’s it. I was waiting for the deal for Leo, but at no time was there a clause for me to leave. Then it happened what happened with Leo and I got hurt. I couldn’t even walk. “ However, if he swears that his future was not linked to that of the six-fold Ballon d’Or, Agüero still admitted that Messi’s signing at PSG left him speechless.
“It made ‘pouf’ and Griezmann disappeared”
“When we talked about signing for Barca, I knew they were not doing well financially, but I didn’t care about the money and wanted to go play for Barcelona. I told my rep to fix it. During the negotiations I was talking with Leo, but not about his future, he didn’t want to bother, but he told me that he was close to fixing the problem. We were at the Copa América and then his departure came and I was shocked. (…) I spoke with him and it is obvious that he will come back to live in Barcelona. I hope it goes well for him (in Paris). “
Finally, in addition to the departure of Messi, Agüero was also surprised by those of Antoine Griezmann and Miralem Pjanic, two elements from which Barça separated at the very end of the transfer window. “It is understandable given the economic situation of Barça. There is a lot of debt and anything could happen until the last moment, although I did not expect it. It was “pouf” and Griezmann disappeared, the same with Pjanic. Good players are gone, but we have such good ones to replace them. “
