After almost two decades on the courts, Sergio ‘Kun’ Agüero’s heart forced him to stop and the Barcelona forward was forced to hang up his boots this Wednesday due to heart problems.
“This conference is to inform you that I have decided to stop playing professional football”Agüero announced this Wednesday at a ceremony at Barcelona’s Camp Nou.
“It’s a very hard time“Added an excited Agüero, specifying that”first is my health. You know that I made this decision because of the problem I had a month ago ”.
The nightmare for the 33-year-old Argentine striker began on October 30, when in the 40th minute of the league game against Alavés at the Camp Nou (1-1) he fell to the ground, dizzy and clutching his chest.
Cared for on the pitch, he was able to leave the field on his own foot, but with the images of the cardiac arrest suffered by the Danish Christian Eriksen in the Eurocup still fresh, the Camp Nou was cold for a few moments.
Examined in a hospital, an arrhythmia was detected.
Little hope
The doctors “I have been told that it was best to stop playing, I made the decision ten days ago, I did my best to see if there was any hope, but there was not much”Agüero assured this Wednesday, supported by his Barça teammates, the club’s president Joan Laporta, or his former City manager, Pep Guardiola.
“We have been left with the desire at Barça, but we think that you have made the right decision “, Laporta stated on the spot, adding that “You have been a world-renowned player and what you have sown, which has been a lot, you will surely pick up in this new stage that is beginning”.
The Barça forward puts an end to his sports career after just four months at Barcelona, where he had arrived from Manchester City last July with the illusion of being able to play alongside his friend Lionel Messi.
“I love you very much friend, I am going to miss a lot being with you on the field and when we get together with the national team !!!“The Argentine star wrote this Wednesday after Kun’s announcement.
The departure of the Argentine star to PSG was the first blow for Agüero at Barça, where things have not worked out for him.
An injury to the right calf prevented him from making his debut with Barça until October 17 against Valencia and after only five games and a goal with the Barça team came the worst news with his arrhythmia.
While other players such as the French winger of Bayern Munich Kingsley Coman suffer a type of arrhythmia that allows them to continue playing in the elite, it has not been the case of the Argentine.
City legend
“You always want to give more, but I think I did my best for myself personally and especially for the club”, Affirmed Agüero.
The ‘Kun’ is thus forced to end a career with a wide track record, achieved mainly with Manchester City, where he has become a legend as their all-time leading scorer with 260 goals in 390 games.
Arrived at the English club in 2011, after five years at Atlético de Madrid, where he made the leap to Europe from Independiente, Agüero will reap, over ten years wearing the City jersey, five Premier Leagues, one FA Cup, six Cups of the League and three Community Shields.
These trophies were added to the Europa League and European Super Cup achieved with Atlético in 2010, but the thorn of not having won a Champions League will remain.
In the same way, Agüero has not been able to lift the World Cup with Albiceleste, from which he was one step away, when he fell in the final of Brazil-2014 against Germany.
Instead, he goes with a Copa América, which he managed to rise in July, after being runner-up in 2015 and 2016 and a third place in 2019, in addition to another fourth place in 2011.
“I felt that it was what we were looking for years ago (the America’s Cup) and luckily it was achieved, and I was very happy”Said Agüero, who also won the Olympic gold in Beijing-2008.
Asked how he would define his career and his legacy, Agüero affirmed that “I cannot say that, I prefer that people and outsiders say what I deserve, that they put whatever name they want from my entire career.”
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