MICAS'S MAN OF THE WEEK

I SPENT time with Sergio Aguero in Abu Dhabi last week. He’s always been positive but something was eating away at him. He didn’t say what it was but it became apparent when he announced his retirement on Wednesday (right). Regular readers will know how much I love Sergio and the debt of gratitude I feel to him for scoring the goals that made me a Premier League champion. I’m gutted for him that his career has ended abruptly because he had dreamed of playing for Barcelona from the age of five. As soon as the news broke that he was retiring, I sent him a message just to say ‘thank you’. Sergio was a striker who made me see football in a different way and his humility set him apart. In times like these, you say someone is a legend. With Sergio, the most fitting description is ‘hero’.