Sergio Aguero will leave an indelible mark on the Premier League when he departs Manchester City this summer, 10 years after he arrived.
The diminutive striker’s £35million transfer fee was an eye-watering sum at the time that would now hardly make a Premier League chairman blink, but City got every penny of value out of him.
He now sits fourth on the all-time Premier League goalscoring listing with 181 and has scored 12 hat-tricks, a figure that puts him above Alan Shearer, Andy Cole and Thierry Henry, the only three men with more goals than him. Most memorably of all, he scored the goal that took City back to the top of the Premier League pile.
Aguero is only 32 though. He has, you would assume, plenty more to give in terms of football – and clubs will be queueing up to find out how much that will cost them. i looks at the odds offered on his next club…
Barcelona – 11-10
The most likely destination at this point for Aguero seems to be Barcelona, if only because it would unite him with international teammate Lionel Messi (assuming he remains at the club). In fact, Spanish newspaper Marca say the club’s hierarchy could use signing Aguero as some sort of carrot for the Barça legend to stay.
However, the club are in financial dire straits and if Aguero’s wage demands are significant – and he currently earns in the region of £230,000 a week – then it may be tricky to countenance a deal for him, even on a “free” transfer.
Real Madrid – 7-2
On that basis, Barça’s biggest rivals Real Madrid would relish being able to flex their financial muscles by swooping in to pick up Aguero.
With Los Blancos currently staring down the barrel of a third-place finish in La Liga this season, behind both Barça and city rivals Atletico Madrid, it is easy to see why such a PR win would be attractive.
The main stumbling will be Aguero himself; he made his name at Atletico and will have noted the vitriol directed at former Colchonero Thibaut Courtois by fans after he joined Real from Chelsea in 2018.
PSG – 5-1
In the transfer rumour mill, Paris Saint-Germain is the reliable donkey in the basement that just keeps trotting round and round, keeping everything going even when there is very little grain to grind.
The simple reason is that the donkey feeds on cash, and there is never a short supply of that in the Parisian mill (this metaphor has gone far enough). The club owned by Qatar Sport Investments are always happy to throw money at a problem, and that problem is not having won or even come close to winning the Champions League.
A frontline of Neymar, Kylian Mbappe and Aguero would have a decent chance, surely?
Any Argentine club – 15-2
Aguero has long discussed his desire to end his career back in Argentina. Back in 2019, when it looked like he might leave City at that point, he said “I will see, but obviously the Rojo [Independiente] is always my priority”.
Independiente is the club Aguero joined when he was just a boy of nine years old, and left a man of 17, heading to Europe as one of South America’s most exciting exports. It is worth remembering that Aguero is still only 32. If he does choose Independiente, it may say more about how much there is left in his knees than anything else.
Other possibilities:
- Inter Milan 12-1
- Any MLS Club 12-1
- Any Chinese Club 14-1
- Inter Miami 16-1
- Atletico Madrid 16-1
- Chelsea 16-1
- Man Utd 20-1
Odds via Betfair
from Football – inews.co.uk https://ift.tt/3rASYme
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