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Sergio Aguero to announce his retirement (pg51)
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abu13
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You would guess someone is in a heap of trouble over this, either the medical team at Barca failed to pick this up which may make the insurance void or an insurer agreed to cover a player with a career ending condition.Tell you what, Barcelona will be looking at a huge insurance payout?
They put a ridiculous buyout clause in his contract when he signed.
Most clubs are insured against this type of thing happening, but you never know if Barca even paid the premiums.
Sergio also don't need the money, but he will defo have personal insurance.
JULES
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well we have a couple of spare rooms.Yeah and pretty sure Serge will want to live somewhere warm with a beach anyway.
I remember being thrilled when we signed Sergio. A year or so before we bought him, I'd seen him play for Argentina against Russia in a friendly in Moscow, and he capped a superb performance with a brilliant goal.
And he more than lived up to the hopes I had for him. It was an absolute privilege to have him here for a decade. Originally, there were reports that Real wanted to sign him but Atletico wouldn't sell direct to their rivals. I therefore feared we might get only a couple of seasons out of him and resolved to enjoy his stay at our club while it lasted, but the fact he stayed for as long as he did suggests that he grew to love us as much as we loved him.
He's definitely worthy of being considered up there among the all-time great strikers to have played in our league. I'd say I've seen forwards who've had better all-round skillsets than he had, but as a goalscorer his stats are phenomenal. Can't remember where I found it now, but I remember seeing a list minutes played for each goal scored in the PL era, and Sergio was comfortably on top. As a pure goalscorer, he's as good as anyone I've seen since I started watching English football in the mid-seventies, and while I never saw greats of the past such as Jimmy Greaves and Dixie Dean, his stats indicate he was every bit as good in his era as they were in theirs.
It's been a great shame that his career stalled through injuries and Covid last season and has now come to a halt. I was willing him to do well wherever he went in Europe after us and then wind down back at home. It's sad he's been denied the chance. But he's played more than 500 league games, won tons of trophies, earned over 100 full international caps, and his medical condition has been diagnosed before it's done more serious damage. He can be proud.
I wish him a wonderful retirement and thank him for the memories. I hope he'll come back and see us for a testimonial, then from time to time after that.
And he more than lived up to the hopes I had for him. It was an absolute privilege to have him here for a decade. Originally, there were reports that Real wanted to sign him but Atletico wouldn't sell direct to their rivals. I therefore feared we might get only a couple of seasons out of him and resolved to enjoy his stay at our club while it lasted, but the fact he stayed for as long as he did suggests that he grew to love us as much as we loved him.
He's definitely worthy of being considered up there among the all-time great strikers to have played in our league. I'd say I've seen forwards who've had better all-round skillsets than he had, but as a goalscorer his stats are phenomenal. Can't remember where I found it now, but I remember seeing a list minutes played for each goal scored in the PL era, and Sergio was comfortably on top. As a pure goalscorer, he's as good as anyone I've seen since I started watching English football in the mid-seventies, and while I never saw greats of the past such as Jimmy Greaves and Dixie Dean, his stats indicate he was every bit as good in his era as they were in theirs.
It's been a great shame that his career stalled through injuries and Covid last season and has now come to a halt. I was willing him to do well wherever he went in Europe after us and then wind down back at home. It's sad he's been denied the chance. But he's played more than 500 league games, won tons of trophies, earned over 100 full international caps, and his medical condition has been diagnosed before it's done more serious damage. He can be proud.
I wish him a wonderful retirement and thank him for the memories. I hope he'll come back and see us for a testimonial, then from time to time after that.
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I did wish he could go on and have one last hurrah, but in all honesty, I'm glad he didn't - it would have been difficult watching him be successful, but I would have been glad for him.
As much as I like the current team, there is a bit of a hole...an emptyness when I think on matchday, that the 3/4 of them will not be playing.
I grew up watching Bell, Lee, Summerbee and Co and don't have that feeling about them, as great as they were. Need a bit more time to pass I suppose.
Another title would cheer me up, though!
As much as I like the current team, there is a bit of a hole...an emptyness when I think on matchday, that the 3/4 of them will not be playing.
I grew up watching Bell, Lee, Summerbee and Co and don't have that feeling about them, as great as they were. Need a bit more time to pass I suppose.
Another title would cheer me up, though!
Eccles Blue
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Great noisy tributes to him today. Thank you City fans you showed your class as usual.
kaz7
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Yep, hope he was watchingGreat noisy tributes to him today. Thank you City fans you showed your class as usual.
He can join City's Esport team.I hope the club give him an off-field role after he retires.
It's a sad end but he can look back at an incredible career and will go down as one of the greatest of his generation and arguably City's greatest player ever. His health comes first and he deserves a happy and healthy life.
jimmygrimblesboots
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Nice touch from our support to sing his name during the game and the reception Delph recieved when he left the field makes you proud to be a blue. Leave the hate to the bitter Dippers.
and Milner :)Nice touch from our support to sing his name during the game and the reception Delph recieved when he left the field makes you proud to be a blue. Leave the hate to the bitter Dippers.
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