SERGIO AIMING TO PLAY AG-AIN
SERGIO AGUERO has revealed he is trying to regain his fitness in a bid to make a comeback — more than a year after being forced to retire from the game with a heart condition.
The former Manchester City striker is dreaming of once again playing for his first club Independiente after having a run-out in the Kings League, an indoor seven-a-side tournament in Spain set up by his former Barcelona team-mate Gerard Pique.
Aguero (34) has not featured in a senior game since being rushed to hospital with chest pains during Barcelona’s 1-1 La Liga draw with Alaves in November 2021.
He announced he was hanging up his boots for good the following month after being diagnosed with cardiac arrhythmia.
But the Argentine enjoyed kick-abouts with friends in Qatar while watching his country win the World Cup before Christmas.
Offer
And after taking up the offer of playing for Kunisports in the Kings League, he has started stepping up his fitness regime in a bid to play at least one more time.
Aguero said: “I have to get physically fit and if I hold out for six months…let’s wait.
“There are several clubs that want me. If I’m well, I would play for the Reds, clearly. At least I would have a farewell game.”
Aguero featured in just five games for Barca after joining on a free transfer from
City in the summer of 2021.
His dream of playing the final years of his career alongside best friend Lionel Messi at the Nou Camp was scuppered when the Catalan club sold the Argentina captain to Paris St-Germain that same summer.
Then, a week after scoring his first goal for his new club in a 2-1 defeat by Real Madrid, he collapsed on the pitch clutching his chest.