Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero announced his retirement at the Camp Nou on Wednesday. Barcelona striker, who was diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia back in November, has been medically ineligible to take the pitch for a while. He had complained of having chest pain during October’s La Liga fixture against Alaves.
The rumors Aguero’s his retirement have been running around for a little while, but it was confirmed on Wednesday by the player himself, who bid adieu in the presence of Barcelona chairman Joan Laporta, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and Barcelona’s current manager Xavi Hernandez.
The Argentine was sobbing uncontrollably throughout the event, and bid a tearful adieu to the beautiful game.
The forward moved to Camp Nou in August on a free transfer after his contract with City had come to an end. He had spent a lot of the early season nursing a knee injury, and once he came back, he made five appearances for the club and scored in Barca’s defeat to Real Madrid (2-1, Oct 24), which remains his only goal for the Catalans.
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Aguero had joined Atletico Madri in 2006 and scored 102 times across 234 appearances across all competitions before making a 35 million pound move to Manchester City in 2011.
He helped the Citizens win the Premier League in his first-ever season, and scored a last-gasp dramatic winner against QPR. In his final season at Etihad, he breached Thierry Henry’s 175-goal tally to become the greatest overseas goal-scorer in the English league.
With Manchester City, he ended up winning five Premier League titles and very nearly won the Champions League in his final appearance for the club this May, against Chelsea (1-0).
He scored 260 times in 390 appearances for the Blues of Manchester and had 41 goals to his credit for Argentina. He was a part of the side that won the Copa America this year but failed to get on the scoresheet.
