(Reuters) – Manchester City supervisor Pep Guardiola in contrast Sergio Aguero to Argentina greats Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi after the Barcelona striker introduced his retirement on the age of 33 on Wednesday on account of a coronary heart situation.
Former City striker Aguero scored greater than 400 objectives throughout his 18-year profession and in addition performed for Atletico Madrid and Independiente. He received 101 caps for Argentina.
“Maradona conquered Italy, Messi did it in Spain and Aguero has accomplished it in England, his numbers communicate for themselves,” Guardiola informed ESPN Argentina.
Aguero helped Argentina win the 2021 Copa America — their first main title in 28 years — and Messi paid tribute to the striker on Instagram.
“The fact now’s it hurts rather a lot to see how you need to cease doing what you like probably the most due to what occurred to you,” Messi stated.
“We lived very good moments and others that weren’t a lot, all of them made us increasingly more united. We’ll proceed to stay them collectively off the courtroom.”
Aguero’s former City crew mates Vincent Kompany and David Silva additionally paid tribute to his exploits.
“An extraordinary striker has retired from the sport, but in addition an ideal crew mate, pal and distinctive persona. Thanks and respect to an genuine City phenomenon. I want you nothing however the perfect, legend,” Kompany stated.
Silva added: “I do know it was a tricky determination you have needed to make however you stroll away like a legend. It has been an honour for me to share so many moments collectively on and off the pitch, you might be my associate in crime.”
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
